Get PDF text content coordinates

[PE Operations]

Hi,

I noticed the PdfLoadedDocument method FindText() will search for a string and return an out parameter that contains the coordinates of the text content within the loaded PDF. I was wondering how can I get the same coordinates for all text within a PDF without having to manually search for the text? 

It would be nice if I was able to actually access coordinates as I looped through each text line in the PDF. What are my options for getting this information? Thanks for you help. 

[Akshaya Arivoli]

Hi Jim, 

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support. 

At present, we do not have the support for getting the coordinates through each line. However, we can achieve your requirement as a work around. Initially we have to extract the text in the PDF document using layout based text extraction ExtractText(true) and then we have to provide the particular line to the Findtext() to get the coordinates of the line. We have created the simple sample for your reference and shared the same in the following location 

http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/129335/ze/ASPPDFDemo798110245  

Please try the sample and revert us with more details if your requirement is differ from the provided sample. 

Regards, 

Akshaya 

[Mohamed]

Hello

Kindly advise if we can extract text from PDF using rectangle coordinates using SyncFusion fileformat

[Akshaya Arivoli]

Hi Mohmad, 

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support. 

The PDF Viewer server library allows you to extract the text from a page along with the bounds. Text extracting can be done using the ExtractText() method 

ASP.NET Core: https://ej2.syncfusion.com/aspnetcore/documentation/pdfviewer/how-to/extract-text/  

ASP.NET MVC : https://ej2.syncfusion.com/aspnetmvc/documentation/pdfviewer/how-to/extract-text/  

We can also get the bounds of the words using the below KB, 

https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/10756/how-to-get-the-bounds-of-words-by-extracting-text-using-pdf-viewer-server-library  

Please let us now if you have any concerns on this. 

Regards, 

Akshaya