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Extract PDF Text From Page Area - C#

PDF Extractor SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Extract PDF Text From Page Area’

Program.cs
using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System.Drawing;

namespace ExtractTextFromPageArea
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo");

            // Load document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample2.pdf");

            // Get page count
            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

            // Iterate through pages
            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Define rectangle location to extract from
                RectangleF location = new RectangleF(0, 0, 200, 200);
                
                // Set extraction area
                extractor.SetExtractionArea(location);

                // Extract text from the extraction area
                string text = extractor.GetTextFromPage(i);
                
                Console.WriteLine("Extracted from page #" + i + ":");
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine(text);

                // Reset the extraction area
                extractor.ResetExtractionArea();

                Console.WriteLine();
            }

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}

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