How to extract text from PDF in ASP.NET, Classic ASP, C++, C#, VB.NET and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK

The sample source codes below will show how to extract text from PDF in ASP.NET, Classic ASP, C++, C#, VB.NET and VBScript with ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK.

Also, here is an article that shows how to extract text from PDF by pages.

Select your programming language:

• ASP.NET
• C#
• C++
• Visual Basic .NET
• VBScript (Visual Basic 6)
• Classic ASP

How to extract images by page from PDF in ASP.NET

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
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 ExtractAllText
{
	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("sample2.pdf");

			// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
			TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor();
			extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
			extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
			
			// Load sample PDF document
			extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);

			Response.Clear();
			Response.ContentType = "text/html";

			// Save extracted text to output stream
			extractor.SaveTextToStream(Response.OutputStream);

			Response.End();
		}
	}
}

How to extract text from PDF in C#

using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace ExtractAllText
{
	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("sample2.pdf");

			// Save extracted text to file
			extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt");

			// Open output file in default associated application
			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.txt");
		}
	}
}

How to extract text from PDF in C++

	#include "stdafx.h"
	#include "comip.h"

	#import "c:\\Program Files\\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\\net4.00\\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.tlb" raw_interfaces_only

	using namespace Bytescout_PDFExtractor;

	int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
	{
		// Initialize COM.
		HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);

		// Create the interface pointer.
		_TextExtractorPtr pITextExtractor(__uuidof(TextExtractor));

		// Set the registration name and key
		// Note: You should use _bstr_t or BSTR to pass string to the library because of COM requirements
		_bstr_t bstrRegName(L"DEMO"); 
		pITextExtractor->put_RegistrationName(bstrRegName);
		
		_bstr_t bstrRegKey(L"DEMO");
		pITextExtractor->put_RegistrationKey(bstrRegKey);

		// Load sample PDF document
		_bstr_t bstrPath(L"..\\..\\sample3.pdf");
		pITextExtractor->LoadDocumentFromFile(bstrPath);

		// Save extracted text to file
		_bstr_t bstrOutputFile(L"output.txt");
		pITextExtractor->SaveTextToFile(bstrOutputFile);

		pITextExtractor->Release();

		CoUninitialize();

		return 0;
	}

How to extract text from PDF in Visual Basic .NET

Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program
	Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

		' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
		Dim extractor As New TextExtractor()
		extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
		extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

		' Load sample PDF document
		extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf")

		' Save extracted text to file
		extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt")

		' Open output file in default associated application
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.txt")
	End Sub
End Class

How to extract text from PDF in VBScript (Visual Basic 6)

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\sample2.pdf")

' Save extracted text to file
extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt")

' Open output file in default associated application
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "output.txt", 1, false
Set shell = Nothing

Set extractor = Nothing

How to extract text from PDF in Classic ASP

<%
' In case of "Server.CreateObject Failed", "Server object error "ASP 0177 : 8000ffff" or similar errors:
' Please try the following:
' - Open IIS 
' - Find application pools (DefaultAppPool is used by default)
' - Open its properties and check .NET CLR version selected:
' - if you have  .NET 1.1 then change to .NET CLR 2.00
' - if you have .NET CLR 2.00 then try to change to .NET CLR 4.0
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"
' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\sample2.pdf")
' Save extracted text to file
outputText = extractor.GetText()
 response.ContentType = "application/text"
 ' add content type header 
 response.AddHeader "Content-Type", "application/text"
 ' set the content disposition
 response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=HelloWorld.text"
 ' write the output text
 response.Write OutputText
 response.End
Set extractor = Nothing
%>