How to extract data from PDF and input into Excel file fields

Yes we can read the data from PDF file.
You can use the iTextSharp library to read the data from PDF file and it is free.

before doing do need think what kind of data will be there in the PDF file.
1) Does it will contain only text data?
2) Does it will contain images?
3) Does it will tables and border.
If that how you are going manage the data.


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
namespace PdfProperties
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // create a reader (constructor overloaded for path to local file or URL)
            PdfReader reader
                = new PdfReader("your pdf here");
            // total number of pages
            int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
            // size of the first page
            Rectangle psize = reader.GetPageSize(1);
            float width = psize.Width;
            float height = psize.Height;
            Console.WriteLine("Size of page 1 of {0} => {1} × {2}", n, width, height);
            // file properties
            Dictionary infodict = reader.Info;
            foreach (KeyValuePair kvp in infodict)
                Console.WriteLine(kvp.Key + " => " + kvp.Value);
        }
    }
}

Once you read the data you can conver itto excel also.

http://jadn.co.uk/w/ReadPdfUsingCsharp.htm
http://www.melbtest.com.au/woa/pdf-excel_download.htm
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/showcase/TallComponents.aspx
http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog/archive/2011/05/19/14851.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/pdf2text.aspx

Hope this helps you.