wish to read a table in a PDF file using C#.net.

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I wish to read a table in a PDF file using C#.net.

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

use the following code: //See http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ch05.html public bool Chap0501(string sFilePDF) { bool bRet = false; Debug.WriteLine("Chapter 5 example 1: My First Table"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); try { // step 2: // we create a writer that listens to the document // and directs a PDF-stream to a file PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(sFilePDF, FileMode.Create)); // step 3: we open the document document.Open(); // step 4: we create a table and add it to the document Table aTable = new Table(2, 2); // 2 rows, 2 columns aTable.AddCell("0.0"); aTable.AddCell("0.1"); aTable.AddCell("1.0"); aTable.AddCell("1.1"); document.Add(aTable); bRet = true; } catch (DocumentException de) { this.Message = de.Message; } catch (IOException ioe) { this.Message = ioe.Message; } // step 5: we close the document document.Close(); if (bRet) this.Message = sFilePDF + " has been created"; return bRet; }

bret · Answer

What you are trying to accomplish is not very difficult. What you are going to need to do however is to find a PDF library such as itextsharp. Most PDF libraries will allow you to do what you are trying to accomplish

wish to read a table in a PDF file using C#.net.

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