Using the Component

Installing XpdfText

Before using the XpdfText component, it must be registered on your system. Normally the installer will take care of that for you. If you need to register manually, you can run the command:
regsvr32 XpdfText.dll

Referencing XpdfText

To use the XpdfText component in a Visual Studio project, select the "References..." command on the "Projects" menu, go to the "COM" tab, and check the box next to XpdfText.

Instantiating an XpdfText Object

The code needed to instantiate an XpdfText object depends on your development environment. In VB6:
Dim pdf As XpdfText.XpdfText Set pdf = New XpdfText.XpdfText
In ASP VBScript:
Set pdf = Server.CreateObject("Xpdf.XpdfText")
In VB.net:
Dim pdf As XpdfText.XpdfText pdf = New XpdfText.XpdfText()
In C#:
XpdfText.XpdfText pdf; pdf = new XpdfText.XpdfText();
In Delphi:
var pdf: IXpdfText; begin pdf := CoXpdfText_.Create;

Working with XpdfText

Once you've instantiated an XpdfText object, you can load PDF files and convert them to text. Typical code looks like this:
pdf.loadFile "c:/test/file.pdf" n = pdf.numPages pdf.convertToTextFile 1, n, "file.txt"

VBScript

VBScript does not support functions with output arguments, so some COM functions will not be available from VBScript.