Click or drag to resize

PdfFocusToText(Int32, Int32) Method

Save the specific PDF page or the range of pages as Text document and return it as String.

Namespace: SautinSoft
Assembly: SautinSoft.PdfFocus (in SautinSoft.PdfFocus.dll) Version: 2024.12.2
Syntax
public string ToText(
	int fromPage,
	int toPage
)

Parameters

fromPage  Int32
The starting page for export in Text document
toPage  Int32
The ending page for export in Text document

Return Value

String
String with Unicode Text - in case of converting successful
null - in case of converting failed
Example
How to extract Text from 1st page of PDF in C#
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Sample
{
    class Sample
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Before starting, we recommend to get a free 100-day key:
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            // Apply the key here:
            // SautinSoft.PdfFocus.SetLicense("...");

            string pdfFile = Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\..\Potato Beetle.pdf");

            // Assume that we already have PDF as byte array
            byte[] pdfBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(pdfFile);            

            // Extract Text from PDF only from 1st page
            SautinSoft.PdfFocus f = new SautinSoft.PdfFocus();

            f.OpenPdf(pdfFile);

            if (f.PageCount > 0)
            {
                // Convert only 1st page
                string textString = f.ToText(1,1);

                // Save 'textString' to a file only for demonstration purposes.                
                string textFile = "Result.txt";
                File.WriteAllText(textFile, textString);
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(textFile) { UseShellExecute = true });
            }
        }
    }
}
How to Text from 1st page of PDF in VB.Net
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports SautinSoft

Module Sample

    Sub Main()
        ' Before starting, we recommend to get a free 100-day key:
        ' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

        ' Apply the key here
        ' SautinSoft.PdfFocus.SetLicense("...");

        Dim pdfFile As String = Path.GetFullPath("..\..\..\Potato Beetle.pdf")

        ' Assume that we already have PDF as byte array
        Dim pdfBytes() As Byte = File.ReadAllBytes(pdfFile)

        ' Extract Text from PDF only from 1st page
        Dim f As New SautinSoft.PdfFocus()

        f.OpenPdf(pdfFile)

        If f.PageCount > 0 Then
            ' Convert only 1st page
            Dim textString As String = f.ToText(1, 1)

            ' Save 'textString' to a file only for demonstration purposes.                
            Dim textFile As String = "Result.txt"
            File.WriteAllText(textFile, textString)
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(textFile) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
        End If
    End Sub
End Module
See Also