PdfViewerControl.GetText(PdfDocumentArea) Method
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Gets the text contained in the specified document area.
Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer
Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer.v24.2.dll
NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.PdfViewer
#Declaration
public string GetText(
PdfDocumentArea area
)
#Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
area | Pdf |
A Pdf |
#Returns
Type | Description |
---|---|
String | The text contained in the specified document area. |
#Remarks
The GetText method uses the page coordinate system.
You can select the text from code using the PdfViewerControl.Select method. Call the PdfViewer.GetSelectionContent() method to retrieve the selected text.
The code sample below retrieves the text located under the mouse selection.
bool mouseButtonPressed = false;
PdfDocumentPosition startPosition;
PdfDocumentPosition endPosition;
void pdfViewer1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
//Retrieve the pointer's initial position
e.GetPosition(pdfViewer);
startPosition = pdfViewer.ConvertPixelToDocumentPosition(e.GetPosition(pdfViewer));
endPosition = null;
mouseButtonPressed = true;
}
}
void pdfViewer1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (mouseButtonPressed)
{
//Obtain the pointer's final position
endPosition = pdfViewer.ConvertPixelToDocumentPosition(e.GetPosition(pdfViewer));
}
}
void pdfViewer1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
mouseButtonPressed = false;
if (startPosition == null || endPosition == null)
return;
//Retrieve the content between two positions
string text = pdfViewer.GetText(PdfDocumentArea.Create(startPosition,endPosition));
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("You selected the following text:\r\n {0}", text));
}
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