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Convert byte array pdf to actual document and read it

I have a byte [], that I know it's a PDF, what I need to do now, it's to convert it to PDF format, so I can read it and check some lines inside of it?

How can I do this? I have access to DevExpress frameworks if its help.

Thanks

Solution

  • I guess you're using PdfViewer control.

    This control has a method LoadDocument and one of the overloads accepts stream a parameter. So you can create a MemoryStream from the array and load this stream into your PdfViewer.

    var ms = new MemoryStream(mybytearray);
pdfViewer1.LoadDocument(ms);

    UPDATE:

    You should use PdfDocumentProcessor. This class has a method LoadDocument and one of the overloads accepts stream as a parameter. So you can create a MemoryStream from the array and load this stream into your PdfDocumentProcessor.

    var ms = new MemoryStream(mybytearray);
pdfDocumentProcessor1.LoadDocument(ms);

    Then you can access the content of the document. For example you can use GetText method.