PDF to HTML conversion for ASP.Net VB

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Hi Guys,

Really need your help here :-)

I am having a problem for 2 days now about converting a PDF to HTML using a free library for ASP.net VB code-behind with sample code.

Hoping you can help me find a solution for this problem.

Thank you.

Hifi

Posted 26-Nov-14 4:23am

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-26T06:31:00

Solution 1

Have a look here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/[^]. It's iTextSharp, a free .NET PDF library for non-commercial usage! (Thank you Valery for your comment)

You can use this library to extract text from pdf:
Using iTextSharp to extract Text from PDF files[^].
Extract Text from PDF in C# (100% .NET)[^]
C#,iTextSharp – PDF file – Insert/extract image,text,font, text highlighting and auto fillin[^]

Posted 26-Nov-14 6:31am

Maciej Los

Updated 26-Nov-14 9:02am

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Valery Possoz 26-Nov-14 14:38pm

iTextSharp is not free!
For hobbyist or open source projects it is free under the AGPL v3 license.
If you want to use iTextSharp in a commercial product you need to pay for it... Server price is about $2000 per server, desktop price is about $100 per workstation... If you ask me that's quite expensive!
If you want to use version prior to v5 of iTextSharp then you are in troubles as it contains code fragments that infringe on many people's intellectual property and you could be sued...

Maciej Los 26-Nov-14 15:01pm

Thank you for your comment, Valery and please, do not shout on me (two times you used a [!]).
I don't see any remarks that it's a commercial project. " If you ask me..." - Sorry, but you're not a questioner...
Calm down, man ;)
Regards,
Maciej

Valery Possoz 26-Nov-14 15:39pm

I'm calm and I did not shout at you... Sorry if you felt offended that was not my intention.
Anyway that does not change the point I was making iTextSharp is not free for commercial projects.

Maciej Los 27-Nov-14 2:16am

Thank you, Valery ;)

hifiger2004 27-Nov-14 3:21am

Thanks :-)

But, I need to post another question because the requirement has just changed. The PDF should be viewable and editable. The problem with PDF to HTML is that it is not editable. There's no way we can edit or insert a text, image, etc.

Thanks again

Maciej Los 27-Nov-14 3:29am

You're very welcome ;)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Nov-14 4:01am

5ed.
—SA

Maciej Los 27-Nov-14 5:09am

Thank you, Sergey ;)