Re: Ideas: How to rip text from PDF files

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You know what you can read a pdf using a pdf ifilter and for that you will
need to go through a real load of heck!

Download the iFilter from
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2611 if u dont have
it!

Alright this code is using ComInterop to Interop with the PDF iFilter

Umer.

"Peter Qian" <pmouse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rojue.1077$ri.920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Guys,
> My goal is simple, given a pdf file, encrypted or not, i need to rip
> the
> text out from there. Just plain text, no formatting needed.
> Any idea how may I accomplish this in DotNet?
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
>


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