I need to read text in a PDF with an application written in VB.net. What is currently the best way of doing this. I am also open to first convert the PDF to a word document and read that instead
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I need to read text in a PDF with an application written in VB.net. What is currently the best way of doing this. I am also open to first convert the PDF to a word document and read that instead
iTextPdf looks like a good starting point, open source and c# so any examples should be portable to vb.net
The c# port
http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/files/
The site
http://itextpdf.com/
alternativly take a look at this article for a number of .net alternatives
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/pdf2text.aspx