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How to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# using ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#

Sample source code below will display you how to manage a complex task like find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Premium Suite can find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK. It can be applied from C#. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Premium Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Check C# sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace FindText
{
    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");
            
            // Set the matching mode.
            // WordMatchingMode.None - treats the search string as substring
            // WordMatchingMode.ExactMatch - treats the search string as separate word
            // WordMatchingMode.SmartMatch - will find the word in various forms (like Adobe Reader).
            extractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.ExactMatch;

            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Search each page for "ipsum" string
                if (extractor.Find(i, "ipsum", false))
                {
                    do
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("");
                        Console.WriteLine("Found on page " + i + " at location " + extractor.FoundText.Bounds.ToString());
                        Console.WriteLine("");
                        // Iterate through each element in the found text
                        foreach (SearchResultElement element in extractor.FoundText.Elements)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine ("Element #" + element.Index + " at left=" + element.Left + "; top=" + element.Top + "; width=" + element.Width + "; height=" + element.Height);
                            Console.WriteLine ("Text: " + element.Text);
                            Console.WriteLine ("Font is bold: " + element.FontIsBold); 
                            Console.WriteLine ("Font is italic:" + element.FontIsItalic);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font name: " + element.FontName);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font size:" + element.FontSize);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font color:" + element.FontColor);
                        }
                    }
                    while (extractor.FindNext());
                }
            }

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}