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Home > Forums > Programmers > Graphics and Publishing > Adobe: Acrobat Forum

Extract text from a PDF file

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itachi123 (Programmer)

26 Mar 09 1:16

Hello,

I am trying to find source code that will allow me to extract text from a PDF file and save it in a .txt format.

I am programming in Visual Studio 2005

xpdf is one program that is out there, however, it was desgined for linux and does not work when compiled in vs2005.

Another option is this:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/ExtractPDFText.aspx

Howver, this code seems to only work for certian compression schemes.

Any ideas on how to build xpdf or other code suggestions?

Thnx.

MakeItSo (Programmer)

26 Mar 09 7:36

Not really.

Programmatically working with PDFs is a tricky thing.
Usually, you need to reference the Acrobat.tlb library, which is part of Acrobat Professional.
Then of course, I you do have Acrobat Professional, you can simply "Save As" Text.

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eugenetyson (TechnicalUser)

26 Mar 09 8:39

If you go to www.zamzar.com that you can upload pdfs and have them save as .doc files or .rtf or .txt

Results vary depending

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