Using PDF Extractor SDK you can extract images from PDF without any additional software. Below you can see a sample showing how to extract all images from pdf files in ASP .NET using Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK for .Net and ActiveX
using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Drawing.Imaging; using System.IO; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using Bytescout.PDFExtractor; namespace ExtractAllImages { public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // This test file will be copied to the project directory on the pre-build event (see the project properties). String inputFile = Server.MapPath("sample1.pdf"); // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.ImageExtractor instance ImageExtractor extractor = new ImageExtractor(); extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"; extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"; // Load sample PDF document extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample1.pdf"); Response.Clear(); int i = 0; // Initialize image enumeration if (extractor.GetFirstImage()) { do { if (i == 0) // Write the fist image to the Response stream { string imageFileName = "image" + i + ".png"; Response.Write("<b>" + imageFileName + "</b>"); Response.ContentType = "image/png"; Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" + imageFileName); // Write the image bytes into the Response output stream Response.BinaryWrite(extractor.GetCurrentImageAsArrayOfBytes()); } i++; } while (extractor.GetNextImage()); // Advance image enumeration } Response.End(); } } }