PdfExtractor.ExtractText

ExtractText()

Extracts text from a Pdf document using Unicode encoding.

public void ExtractText()

Examples

First example demonstrates how to extract all the text from PDF file.

PdfExtractor extractor = new PdfExtractor();
extractor.BindPdf(@"D:\Text\text.pdf");
extractor.ExtractText();
extractor.GetText(@"D:\Text\text.txt");
Dim extractor As PdfExtractor =  New PdfExtractor() 
extractor.BindPdf("D:\Text\text.pdf")
extractor.ExtractText()
extractor.GetText("D:\Text\text.txt")

Second example demonstrates how to extract each page’s text into one txt file.

PdfExtractor extractor = new PdfExtractor();
extractor.BindPdf(TestPath + @"Aspose.Pdf.Kit.Pdf");
extractor.ExtractText();
String prefix = TestPath + @"Aspose.Pdf.Kit";
String suffix = ".txt";
int pageCount = 1;
while (extractor.HasNextPageText())
{
    extractor.GetNextPageText(prefix + pageCount + suffix);
    pageCount++;
}
Dim extractor As PdfExtractor =  New PdfExtractor() 
extractor.BindPdf(TestPath + "Aspose.Pdf.Kit.Pdf")
extractor.ExtractText()
Dim prefix As String =  TestPath + "Aspose.Pdf.Kit" 
Dim suffix As String =  ".txt" 
Dim pageCount As Integer =  1 
While extractor.HasNextPageText()
    extractor.GetNextPageText(prefix + pageCount + suffix)
    pageCount = pageCount + 1
End While

See Also


ExtractText(Encoding)

Extracts text from a Pdf document using specified encoding.

public void ExtractText(Encoding encoding)
ParameterTypeDescription
encodingEncodingThe encoding of the extracted text.

Examples

First example demonstrates how to extract all the text from PDF file.

PdfExtractor extractor = new PdfExtractor();
extractor.BindPdf(@"D:\Text\text.pdf");
extractor.ExtractText(Encoding.Unicode);
extractor.GetText(@"D:\Text\text.txt");
Dim extractor As PdfExtractor =  New PdfExtractor() 
extractor.BindPdf("D:\Text\text.pdf")
extractor.ExtractText(Encoding.Unicode)
extractor.GetText("D:\Text\text.txt")

Second example demonstrates how to extract each page’s text into one txt file.

PdfExtractor extractor = new PdfExtractor();
extractor.BindPdf(TestPath + @"Aspose.Pdf.Kit.Pdf");
extractor.ExtractText(Encoding.Unicode);
String prefix = TestPath + @"Aspose.Pdf.Kit";
String suffix = ".txt";
int pageCount = 1;
while (extractor.HasNextPageText())
{
    extractor.GetNextPageText(prefix + pageCount + suffix);
    pageCount++;
}
Dim extractor As PdfExtractor =  New PdfExtractor() 
extractor.BindPdf(TestPath + "Aspose.Pdf.Kit.Pdf")
extractor.ExtractText(Encoding.Unicode)
Dim prefix As String =  TestPath + "Aspose.Pdf.Kit" 
Dim suffix As String =  ".txt" 
Dim pageCount As Integer =  1 
While extractor.HasNextPageText()
    extractor.GetNextPageText(prefix + pageCount + suffix)
    pageCount = pageCount + 1
End While

See Also