PDF Reader in .NET

Question

I want to read PDF files from my .net application. Are there any free libraries available to do this?

do you want to just read them (to process the text) or actually display them? — WhyNotHugo, May 25 '09 at 07:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 10 '19 at 15:51

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If you are looking for free PDF Read/Write .Net library, then you can visit
https://itextpdf.com/ (previously itextsharp)

Note: As mentioned by Dexters, this is library no more free for commercial purpose. It comes under Affero General Public License (AGPL)

edited Dec 10 '19 at 15:51

Cœur

answered May 25 '09 at 07:23

Sourabh

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Caution: itextsharp i think is not free if yous application is related to any sort of commercial activity. – Dexters Jul 18 '13 at 23:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '09 at 07:16

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You could take a look at PDFSharp: http://www.pdfsharp.com/PDFsharp/

answered May 25 '09 at 07:16

rpkelly

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 12 '14 at 14:54

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PDFBox is open source and supports advanced text extraction. It also supports lucene search so it's ideal for creating a lucene index.

edited Mar 12 '14 at 14:54

demongolem

answered May 25 '09 at 07:39

aleemb

I guess it requires java runtime. – Hemanshu Bhojak May 25 '09 at 07:42
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From that link: "Even though PDFBox is written in Java, there is also a .NET version that is available." – aleemb May 25 '09 at 20:12

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