Convert pdf to any other formats using Adobe DC SDK, like txt,xml,doc,docx,jpg,ps,rft etc. Notice: To run this project, you must install Adobe Acrobat DC. You may find new version on PDFConverter
- Operating system: Windows 10 Professional
- IDE: Visual Studio 2017 Community
- Development framework: .Net Framework 4.6.1
- Dependency:
- Acrobat
- Adobe Acrobat 10.0 Type Library
- System Windows Forms
- The fist two are COM type libraries, after installing Adobe Acrobat DC, you can add reference in Visual Studio with project manager.
- Create a C# Console project, and choose the .Net framework version.
- Add references, click the COM in references manager and select Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat 10.0 Type Library.
- To run this project, you need add command parameters in project manager, the input file complete path and output dictionary(optional, if not specify, it will save the output file where the executable file in). You can also use console to run the executable file as follows:
PDFConvert.exe -i inputfile -o outputdir -r true -t 20000
- If you run this repository directly, you may skip step 1 and 2. Just compile and run in Visual Studio.
python BatRun.py -e C:\Users\~\PDFConvert.exe -i C:\Users\~ -o C:\Users\~ -f xml -t 60
If you want to convert pdf to other formats, The cConvIDs supported by Acrobat library. The list of cConvIDs are as follows:
| cConvID | extension | comment |
|---|---|---|
| com.adobe.acrobat.eps | eps | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.html-3-20 | html, htm | Recommended |
| com.adobe.acrobat.html-4-01-css-1-00 | html, htm | Run well |
| com.adobe.acrobat.jpeg | jpeg ,jpg, jpe | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.jp2k | jpf, jpx, jp2, j2k, j2c, jpc | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.doc | doc | Run well |
| com.adobe.acrobat.docx | docx | Run well |
| com.callas.preflight.pdfa | Not test | |
| com.callas.preflight.pdfx | Not test | |
| com.adobe.acrobat.png | png | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.ps | ps | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.rtf | rft | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.accesstext | txt | Run well |
| com.adobe.acrobat.plain-text | txt | Run well |
| com.adobe.acrobat.tiff | tiff, tif | Not test |
| com.adobe.acrobat.xml-1-00 | xml | Recommended |
| com.adobe.acrobat.xlsx | xlsx | Run well |
In Acrobat 10.0
| Deprecated cConvID | Equivalent Valid cConvID |
|---|---|
| com.adobe.acrobat.html-3-20 | com.adobe.acrobat.html |
| com.adobe.acrobat.htm l- 4-01-css-1-00 | com.adobe.acrobat.html |
Refer to Acrobat SDK and documents to learn more. You can download the SDK package, and develop application on the samples.
| Format | Convert speed | Extract table | Complete | Analyze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XML | Fast | Yes | Good | Easy |
| Word | Slow | Yes | Good | General |
| Excel | General | Yes | Great | Hard |
| TXT | Fatest | No | General | Hardest |
| HTML | Slow | Yes | Best | Easy |
The source code is for learning and communication only.
Please contact Adobe for commercial use.