Testing QuickPDF for text extraction performance

I am evaluating the QuickPDF library (.dll version) for use in a C++ application. The only functionally I need it to extract the text. The entire PDF's text will be placed in memory and then I'll search for keyword terms.

Is QuickPDF suitable for this type of work and offer good performance?

Well, yes I've read some of the materials. I'm looking at about 5 different solutions and wanted my hand held a little :)

I know how to use you're library, just wanted a fuzzy feeling that it is up to the task for my requirements. Some PDF libraries are more for creation or editing ... I just want the text as fast as I can. Is QuickPDF optimized for this?

P.S.
I did not find it referenced anywhere, but can the .LIB version work with C++ Builder 2007 or is that for only Visual Studio? The .DLL version is fine, just wondering.

Thank you for your help. I'm testing the sample function below. Is this the fastest way? I just want to make sure I'm doing all I can. Also, I don't understand DASetTextExtractionOptions ... should I use it to optimize anything?

size_t GetText_PDF(std::wstring & sF, std::wstring & sTxt) {      int FH, PR, iPages;     // Open file readonly     FH = QP.DAOpenFileReadOnly(sF, L"");     if(FH == 0){return FILE_ERROR_OPEN;}     // Get page count     iPages = QP.DAGetPageCount(FH);     // loop over pages     for(int i = 1; i <= iPages; i++)     {         // Get a page reference to the current page         PR = QP.DAFindPage(FH, i);         // Extract the text from the current page         sTxt += QP.DAExtractPageText(FH, PR, 8);     }      // Close file      QP.DACloseFile(FH);      return FILE_SUCCESS; }

Edited by pcunite - 15 Feb 12 at 10:21PM

Ingo wrote: sTxt += QP.DAExtractPageText(FH, PR, 0);0 should be the fastest.If 0 is useful for you depends on what you wanna do with the text.

I only want to know if the word "blah" appears in the PDF file. I understand that I can't do this with image only PDF files ... that is okay. Thus I load all the strings into a buffer and then I'll search myself for "blah".