Read contents inside pdf file programmatically in SharePoin

Question

Hello,

I have a SharePoint document library, My Requirement is when user add PDF file on the document library the event receiver fire and read contents inside pdf file programmatically. After the start workflow according to the result of event receiver.

Thanks

Akash Anand

Manesh Golekar · Answer

You should use PDF text extractor in your Event Handler code - You can use iTextSharp for reading content http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/387327/Convert-PDF-file-content-into-string-using-Csharp

Paolo Ariazzi · Answer

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If your question is about handling events in apps for SharePoint, see these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj220048%28v=office.15%29.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj220051%28v=office.15%29.aspx If what you need is a way to extract text from the PDF inside the event handler, see this example that uses leadtools. http://support.leadtools.com/CS/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=43894 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

Read contents inside pdf file programmatically in SharePoin

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