Extract images from PDF Files

The code below shows you how to extract all of the images from a PDF file and store copy them to a folder.

This sample requires a Tools license.

C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
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using System;
using SolidFramework.Converters;
 
namespace PDFExtractImages
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Call your Solid Documents License
            SolidFramework.License.Import(@"C:\MyFolder\license.xml");
 
            // Set the location of your the file you want to convert
            String pdfPath = @"C:\YourFolder\yourpdf.pdf";
 
            //*Extract Images from PDF File*//
            using (PdfToImageConverter converter = new PdfToImageConverter())
            {
                //Add the Selected File
                converter.AddSourceFile(pdfPath);
 
                //Set where to save the images
                converter.OutputDirectory = @"C:\MyPDFImages";
 
                //Extract the images using .Convert
                converter.Convert();
            }
        }
    }
}
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#include "stdafx.h"
#include "SolidFramework.h"
 
#include
using namespace std;
 
void DoProgress(SolidFramework::ProgressEventArgsPtr args)
{
// Not implemented
}
 
void DoWarning(SolidFramework::WarningEventArgsPtr args)
{
// Not implemented
}
 
class PdfToImageConverter : public SolidFramework::Converters::PdfToImageConverterBase
{
public:
void FireProgress(SolidFramework::ProgressEventArgsPtr args) override { DoProgress(args); };
void FireWarning(SolidFramework::WarningEventArgsPtr args) override { DoWarning(args); };
};
 
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
// Enter your License code goes here
SolidFramework::License::Import(L"C:\\MyFolder\\license.xml");
 
// Create a PDF to Image Converter called converter
PdfToImageConverter *pageImage = new PdfToImageConverter();
 
SolidFramework::Converters::CustomData *pData = NULL;
pData = new SolidFramework::Converters::CustomData();
pData->Converter = pageImage;
pData->Data = nullptr;
pageImage->setCustomData(pData);
 
// Add the PDF file to convert.
pageImage->AddSourceFile(L"C:\\YourFolder\\yourpdf.pdf");
pageImage->setOutputDirectory(L"C:\\MyFolder");
 
// Set the ImageConvertionType to extact pages
pageImage->setConversionType(SolidFramework::Converters::Plumbing::ImageConversionType::ExtractPages);
 
// Set the DPI to determine the dimensions of the images
pageImage->setPageDPI(300);
 
// Choose from the supported image file types
pageImage->setOutputType(SolidFramework::Converters::Plumbing::ImageDocumentType::Tiff);
 
// Set this if you only want to extract certain pages
pageImage->setPageRange(SolidFramework::PageRange::Parse(L"1-5"));
 
//Start the Conversion
cout << "Starting conversion." << endl; pageImage->Convert();
 
SolidFramework::Converters::Plumbing::ConversionStatus status = pageImage->getResults()->getItem(0)->getStatus();
if (status != SolidFramework::Converters::Plumbing::ConversionStatus::Success)
{
cout << "Conversion failed." << endl;
}
else
{
cout << "Conversion succeeded." << endl; } pageImage->Dispose();
 
cout << "Press  to exit." << endl;
cin.get();
 
return 0;
}
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Module ExtractImages
 
    Sub Main()
 
        ' Call your Solid Documents License
        SolidFramework.License.Import("C:\MyFolder\license.xml")
 
        'Define a variable for your source file
        Dim sPdfPath As String
 
        ' Define your Solid Framework Converter
        Dim myConverter As SolidFramework.Converters.PdfToImageConverter
 
        ' Set your file path
        sPdfPath = "C:\YourFolder\filepdf.pdf"
 
        ' Set the converter
        myConverter = New SolidFramework.Converters.PdfToImageConverter
 
        'Set the preferred conversion properties
 
        ' Add files to convert.
        myConverter.AddSourceFile(sPdfPath)
 
        ' Detect Headers and Footers
        myConverter.OutputDirectory = "C:\MyPDFImages\"
 
        ' Convert the file
        myConverter.Convert()
 
        ' Clean up
        myConverter.Dispose()
    End Sub
End Module