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28 Jan 2015 23:09

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To read a pdf file from filepath

Hi,

I am developing a windows forms application. I need to open the pdf file that is present in the shared folder while clicking a button. I have used the below code but not able to open it, provide suggestion to open

if (File.Exists(filepath))
{
using (FileStream fs = File.Open(filepath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None))
{
byte[] b = new byte[1024];
UTF8Encoding temp = new UTF8Encoding(true);

while (fs.Read(b, 0, b.Length) > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine(temp.GetString(b));
}
}

}

#756037

29 Jan 2015 03:09

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Hi Sabu,

Please refer below code snippet to read pdf file from a shared folder. This may not be the what exactly you are looking for but I hope it will help you to solve your issues.

private void linklblBanner_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
{
// Code for Local PC
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"D:\PayrollManagementSystem\PayrollManagementSystem\PDF-Files\SOP.pdf");
byte[] byteArray = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@"D:\PayrollManagementSystem\PayrollManagementSystem\PDF-Files\SOP.pdf");

// Code for Remote PC
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"\\PayrollServer\D\PayrollManagementSystem\PayrollManagementSystem\PDF-Files\SOP.pdf");
byte[] byteArray = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@"\\PayrollServer\D\PayrollManagementSystem\PayrollManagementSystem\PDF-Files\SOP.pdf");
}

Hope it will be helpful to you.

Thanks,
Ram Prasad

#756110

01 Feb 2015 22:28

Joined:	28/06/2007
Level:	Diamond
Points:	56294

Points:	3

You can also make use of a third party component ItextSharp to read hte PDF file.

here is a sample code, but before using it make sure that you have added the required DLL


using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser;

// ...
 
public static string ExtractTextFromPdf(string path)
{
  using (PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(path))
  {
    StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();

    for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
    {
        text.Append(PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i));
    }

    return text.ToString();
  }
}

Thanks & Regards
Anil Kumar Pandey
Microsoft MVP, DNS MVM

To read a pdf file from filepath

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