read data from pdf files using c#

Pankaj Nagarsekar

I have this question. I have 5 PDFs having around 38,000 objective questions. So i want to make an application which imports this questions and save it into database and then give interface to the user for choosing question with four objective. I used itextsharp to read from PDFs as a chunk and also line by line. The content after reading is scattered and i cannot figure out a sequence by which i can split or differentiate between the question and the four objectives. Is there any better way by which I can import data from PDFs?? The content in PDFs is in tabular format.
Please check Pdf file (s8.postimage.org/owm0hsej9/Qbank.jpg)
resulting string in Window(s13.postimage.org/4toy70lqf/Resulting_String.jpg)

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kianu rieves14y ago
Usually you do not read PDF line by line. You have to read document (in Java PdfReader), then using high-level objects such as Chunk, Phrase, Paragraph, List, and so on you can access elements of page. These objects are often referred to as iText's basic building blocks.
http://www.dapfor.com/en/net-suite/net-grid/tutorial/editors
Pankaj Nagarsekar14y ago
@Sukesh Marla Thanx for the quick reply..
The code in the link u posted only reads the file from pdf and the text is all scattered.. Is there a way by which i can read it in the same order as it is in the pdf files?. Please check the image links i have posted in the query.
Sukesh Marla14y ago
check this link
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/387327/Convert-PDF-file-content-into-string-using-Csharp