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Program.cs

      
using System; using System.Drawing; using System.IO; using Bytescout.PDF; using Bytescout.PDFExtractor; using Bytescout.PDFRenderer; using Image = System.Drawing.Image; using Path = System.IO.Path; namespace SlicePdfByLinesExample { /// <summary> /// The example demonstrates slicing of PDF document pages by horizontal lines. /// The example uses three products: /// - PDF Extractor SDK (https://bytescout.com/products/developer/pdfextractorsdk/index.html) - /// to detect lines; /// - PDF Renderer SDK (https://bytescout.com/products/developer/pdfrenderersdk/index.html) - /// to render PDF documents to raster images; /// - PDF SDK (https://bytescout.com/products/developer/pdfsdk/index.html) - /// to create new PDF documentsd from sliced images. /// </summary> class Program { static string InputFile = @".\sample.pdf"; static string OutputFolder = @".\output"; static void Main(string[] args) { if (!Directory.Exists(OutputFolder)) Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputFolder); // Create LineDetector instance and load document LineDetector lineDetector = new LineDetector("demo", "demo"); lineDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(InputFile); // Create RasterRenderer instance and load document RasterRenderer rasterRenderer = new RasterRenderer("demo", "demo"); rasterRenderer.LoadDocumentFromFile(InputFile); try { int pageCount = lineDetector.GetPageCount(); for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < pageCount; pageIndex++) { Console.WriteLine("Processing page #{0}", pageIndex); // Find horizontal lines on the page FoundLinesCollection horzLines = lineDetector.FindLines(pageIndex, LineOrientationsToFind.OnlyHorizontal); // Slice page by separating lines and create new PDF documents Slice(pageIndex, horzLines, rasterRenderer); } } catch (Exception exception) { Console.WriteLine(exception); } finally { // Cleanup rasterRenderer.Dispose(); lineDetector.Dispose(); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } static void Slice(int pageIndex, FoundLinesCollection lines, RasterRenderer rasterRenderer) { const float pdfRenderingResolution = 300; float lastLineY = float.NaN; int sliceNum = 0; RectangleF pageRect = rasterRenderer.GetPageRectangle(pageIndex); foreach (FoundLine line in lines) { if (float.IsNaN(lastLineY)) { lastLineY = line.From.Y; } else { // Compute slice rectangle RectangleF sliceRect = new RectangleF(0, lastLineY, pageRect.Width, line.From.Y - lastLineY); // Set extraction rectangle for RasterRenderer rasterRenderer.SetExtractionArea(sliceRect); // Render the page region to Image object Image slice = rasterRenderer.GetImage(pageIndex, pdfRenderingResolution); // Create PDF document Document document = new Document { RegistrationName = "demo", RegistrationKey = "demo" }; // Create page of A4 size Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4); document.Pages.Add(page); // Create PDF Image object from System.Drawing.Image Bytescout.PDF.Image pdfImage = new Bytescout.PDF.Image(slice); // Draw image on the page keeping the aspect ratio RectangleF r = new RectangleF(0, 20, page.Width, page.Width / slice.Width * slice.Height); page.Canvas.DrawImage(pdfImage, r.Left, r.Top, r.Width, r.Height); // Save PDF document string fileName = string.Format(@"{0}\{1}-page{2}-slice{3}.pdf", OutputFolder, Path.GetFileName(InputFile), pageIndex, ++sliceNum); document.Save(fileName); Console.WriteLine("Saved slice '{0}'", fileName); // Cleanup document.Dispose(); slice.Dispose(); lastLineY = line.From.Y; } } } } }

SlicePdfByLinesExample.csproj

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" /> <PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <ProjectGuid>{11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <RootNamespace>SlicePdfByLinesExample</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>SlicePdfByLinesExample</AssemblyName> <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion> <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment> <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects> <TargetFrameworkProfile /> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <Optimize>false</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath> <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants> <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport> <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath> <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants> <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport> <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDF, Version=1.8.1.246, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF SDK\net4.0\Bytescout.PDF.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDFExtractor, Version=9.0.0.3087, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\net4.00\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDFRenderer, Version=9.0.0.3081, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Renderer SDK\net4.00\Bytescout.PDFRenderer.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="System" /> <Reference Include="System.Core" /> <Reference Include="System.Drawing" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" /> <Reference Include="System.Data" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Compile Include="Program.cs" /> <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Content Include="sample.pdf"> <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup /> <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> </Project>

SlicePdfByLinesExample.sln

      
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 # Visual Studio 15 VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27428.2037 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SlicePdfByLinesExample", "SlicePdfByLinesExample.csproj", "{11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}" EndProject Global GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution {11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU {11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU {11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU {11A7C946-41EC-4FD5-8414-EAAA0FB9FC48}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution HideSolutionNode = FALSE EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution SolutionGuid = {59CACFB0-9FC2-47A5-8E3B-C6497F97B068} EndGlobalSection EndGlobal

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