PDF files with XML files attached

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HI All,

I have a PDF file with a xml attached, i need to parse the xml file. Does anyone knows how i do that? I´m using C#.

Thanks in advance.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Try using LINQ to XML as suggested in this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Apr 23 '10 at 17:46

Oren Hizkiya

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HI, The problem is not parse the xml, but access the xml inside the pdf. Do you know how i do that? Thanks, – Zorro Apr 23 '10 at 18:08
Can you describe the situation a little more? Where exactly is the XML? – Oren Hizkiya Apr 23 '10 at 18:13
I think the xml file is embedded in the pdf document. Tanks – Zorro Apr 26 '10 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '10 at 14:24

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PDF files can have a meta data information object or is it an XML file embedded as an object?

answered Apr 24 '10 at 14:24

mark stephens

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The XML file is embedded as an object. Thanks – Zorro Apr 26 '10 at 09:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '10 at 23:14

I believe this blog post describing how read from a PDF file using C# is what you want.

This is the example he gives of grabbing text from the PDF:

using System;
using org.pdfbox.pdmodel;
using org.pdfbox.util;

namespace PDFReader
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load("lopreacamasa.pdf");
        PDFTextStripper pdfStripper = new PDFTextStripper();
        Console.Write(pdfStripper.getText(doc));
    }
}
}

Here is what looks like an exhaustive and highly organized list of how to read PDFs with C#.

If what you need is some form of embedded meta data, as Mark suggested, I'm sure it's also possible with the to fetch using the tools I've linked to.

PDF files with XML files attached

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