ByteScout Premium Suite – C# – Extract PDF text To Stream with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to extract PDF text to stream with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Premium Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to extract PDF text to stream with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to extract PDF text to stream with PDF extractor SDK and how to make it run in your C# application. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can be applied to extract PDF text to stream with PDF extractor SDK using C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do extract PDF text to stream with PDF extractor SDK in C# with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace ExtractToStream
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
            TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor();
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample1.pdf");

            // Get page count
            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Create new stream. You can use MemoryStream or any other System.IO.Stream inheritor.
                FileStream stream = new FileStream(@".\page" + i + ".txt", FileMode.Create);
                
                // Save text from page to the file stream
                extractor.SavePageTextToStream(i, stream);

                // Close stream
                stream.Dispose();
            }

            // Cleanup
            extractor.Dispose();

            // Open first output file in default associated application
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@".\page1.txt");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}