PDF to Image to text in MVC3

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Hi,
I need help regarding the conversion of PDF file to Image and then again store the sam in .txt format.I need to do this using C# in MCV3. 

My Problem :

I have a PDF file that gets uploaded in local server. I want this to be changed into .txt before it gets saved. I have come to know that there are dll(s) for acomplising this but I dont know what should i use exactly and how would i use it in my context.

Can we do something like first convert pdf to image first .lets say a pdf contains 4 pages then we need to convert it to four images first then again convert thoes images into a single .txt file?  Or, is there any procedure that converts pdf directly to .txt file. Please help me regarding this. 

I want to know both alternatives.

Thankyou.

Posted 8-Feb-12 18:51pm

shoebass

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zyck · Answer 1 · 2012-02-08T19:02:00

Solution 1

See this Article

http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/asp.net/asp.net-mvc-action-results-and-pdf-content/[^]

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If this will help you
thanks

Posted 8-Feb-12 19:02pm

zyck

Manoj Kumar Choubey · Answer 2 · 2012-02-08T19:29:00

Solution 2

You can use itextsharp Library

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/87/iTextSharp-Working-with-images

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5027673/convert-pdf-page-to-image-itextsharp-c-sharp
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5945244/extract-image-from-pdf-using-itextsharp

http://forums.asp.net/t/1241115.aspx/1

Posted 8-Feb-12 19:29pm

Manoj Kumar Choubey

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shoebass 9-Feb-12 3:40am

I know about itextsharp dll. I had once used this in my project for Reporting purpose .i had created the PDF using this but now i already have pdf which has to be converted to .txt . If you know how do we do this pls provide me references.