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    Posted: 28 Sep 17 at 2:52AM

For some Pdf files this code is not accurately extracting the text. For some Pdf files this code works perfect. Is there any solution for this? Is there any thing wrong I'm doing here? 

Here is my sample code. 

pdfLibrary.LoadFromFile(pdfFileName, "");
pdfLibrary.SetOrigin(1); 
pdfLibrary.SetMeasurementUnits(1);
pdfLibrary.SetTextExtractionArea(left, top, width, height);
pdfLibrary.SetTextExtractionOptions(5, 1);
pdfLibrary.NormalizePage(0);
string ExtractedContent = pdfLibrary.GetPageText(8);
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What exactly do you mean by 'not accurately'?  Are some characters incorrect? Some characters missing? Whole sections of text missing?  Or is some text not extracted because it is part of an image (which would need OCR to identify)?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Ingo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Sep 17 at 8:22PM
Hi nshsk,

is the result the same trying all other possible extract options or only while using 8?
Where is the pdf? You should upload it anywhere using a filehoster - so we can check if we'll get the same results.
Your sample is okay.

Cheers and welcome here,
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Hi Ingo / tfrost,

Thanks for the reply. Some PDF files the extracted text is not with in the coordinates which i'm specifying in my code. I have only tried with option 8 for my requirement, which is to extract specific text with in the given region. Since options extracts more text with some formatting information, I'm not them.

I have uploaded 2 sample files in drop box which I have used to test my code. I have given them in the below links. From these Pdfs I need to extract the information like Dwg No, Rev No, Project No and, Title etc..Those are in the the bottom right region of the file. These details does not extract correctly.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zq6hjxtuohrlz6z/1_Sample_DA-2014-626-1-Architectural-Plans-Part-1-1-5-Main-Street-MOUNT-ANNAN-LOT-206-DP-1070297.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmjyr8ipysk2bf7/A02.01%202%20-%20BASEMENT%204%20FLOOR%20PLAN.pdf?dl=0



Edited by nshsk - 02 Oct 17 at 4:36AM
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Hi nshsk,

creating pdf-documents rotate-functionality is often used.
This mean that the text you can see while loading the pdf with a viewer can be INSIDE the pdf at a different place and perhaps on a different layer.
So you should use 
CombineContentStreams
and
NormalizePage
first before any extraction.
 
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Hi Ingo,

Thanks for the prompt response !!!
As per the instructions I have used CombineContentStreams method. Now the Pdf text extraction works perfect. Smile
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