PdfDocumentProcessor.GetText(PdfDocumentArea) Method

Selects the text found within the specified document area.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public string GetText(
    PdfDocumentArea area
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetText(
    area As PdfDocumentArea
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
area	PdfDocumentArea	A PdfDocumentArea object.

Returns

Type	Description
String	A String value, specifying the text.

Remarks

The overloaded GetText method uses the page coordinate system. Refer to the Coordinate Systems topic for more details.

The code sample below retrieves text from the specific part of the document

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    processor.LoadDocument("TextExtraction.pdf");
    PdfPage page = processor.Document.Pages[0];

    PdfRectangle pdfRectangle = new PdfRectangle(page.CropBox.Left / 3, page.CropBox.Bottom, page.CropBox.Right / 3, page.CropBox.Top);
    PdfDocumentArea pageArea = new PdfDocumentArea(1, pdfRectangle);

    string pageText = processor.GetText(pageArea);
    Console.WriteLine(pageText);
}

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  processor.LoadDocument("TextExtraction.pdf")
  Dim page As PdfPage = processor.Document.Pages(0)

  Dim pdfRectangle As New PdfRectangle(page.CropBox.Left / 3, page.CropBox.Bottom, page.CropBox.Right / 3, page.CropBox.Top)
  Dim pageArea As New PdfDocumentArea(1, pdfRectangle)

  Dim pageText As String = processor.GetText(pageArea)
  Console.WriteLine(pageText)
End Using