Open a specific page in a PDF file c#

Question

I open a pdf file when my form is loaded with the following code:

Process process = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
process.StartInfo = startInfo;
startInfo.FileName = @"F:\STAGE\test.pdf";
process.Start();

This works fine but now I want to open a specific page. For example page number 5 of the document test.pdf? Does any one have an idea? Tried some stuff but dind't work!

Thanks!

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '14 at 13:25

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Try

process.StartInfo.Arguments = "/A \"page=n\" \"F:\\STAGE\\test.pdf"";

changing n to the page number you want

answered Mar 28 '14 at 13:25

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 13:28

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Checkout this : http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/PDFOpenParameters.pdf

It explain what arguments Adobe Reader can receive.

And it has a Page argument.

Your code must be :

Process process = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
process.StartInfo = startInfo;
startInfo.Arguments = "/A \"page=N\"";
startInfo.FileName = @"F:\STAGE\test.pdf";
process.Start();

Where N is your page number.

answered Mar 28 '14 at 13:28

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The program still opens on page 1. Even though I replaced N for 5 – thijs1095 Mar 28 '14 at 15:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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call it like what was suggested here: Adobe Reader Command Line Reference

So it would be:

    ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
    startInfo.FileName = "EXE_PATH\\AcroRd32.exe";
    startInfo.Arguments = "/A \"page=PAGE_NUM\" \"FILE_PATH\"";
    Process.Start(startInfo);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Mar 28 '14 at 13:25

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 18 '16 at 14:41

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you can try this code.

  Process myProcess = new Process();
  myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = @"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe";
  myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "/A \"page={pagenum}\" \"c:\\Classic\\Manual\\DocumentationManual.pdf\"";
  myProcess.Start();

please change the path of AcroRd32.exe as per your directory.

Thanks

answered Jul 18 '16 at 14:41

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Does this extract a specific page from the PDF? What if you wanted to extract different pages that are not sequential? – Azurespot Apr 25 '20 at 00:14

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 28 '16 at 15:41

Try this. Note: you must have acrobat reader installed in your pc before you can use axAcroPDF .

            int n = 5; //page number
            string filePath = "F:\STAGE\test.pdf";

            axAcroPDF1.LoadFile(filePath);
            axAcroPDF1.setCurrentPage(n);

Open a specific page in a PDF file c#

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