PdfPig Getting Started
PdfPig is a NuGet library that allows users to read and extract text and other content from PDF files. It also helps you to create simple PDF documents containing text and geometrical shapes.
Features
- Extracts the position and size of letters from any PDF document. This enables access to the text and words in a PDF document.
- Allows the user to retrieve images from the PDF document.
- Allows the user to read PDF annotations, PDF forms, embedded documents, and hyperlinks from a PDF.
- Provides access to metadata in the document.
- Exposes the internal structure of the PDF document.
- Creates PDF documents containing text and path operations.
- Read content from encrypted files by providing the password.
Installation
You can easily install it from the Package Manager Console window by running the following command.
PM> Install-Package PdfPig
Environment Setup
To start using the PdfPig in your application, you will need to install the PdfPig NuGet package.
Let's open the Visual Studio and create a new project.
Select the Create a new project option.
Choose C# as language, Windows as a platform, and Console as the project type. In the template pane, select Console Application and click the Next button.
Enter the project name, you can change the location and solution name, but we will leave it and click on the Next button.
On the Additional Information dialog, select the target framework and then click on the Create button.
You can see a new console application project is created. Now, to install a PdfPig, right-click on the project in Solution Explorer, and select Manage NuGet Packages...
Select the Browse tab and search for PdfPig and install the latest version by pressing the Install button.
Once PdfPig has been successfully installed. You are now ready to start your application.
