Screenshot of PDF page. Does anyone knows how to do this?

[Shapper]

Hello,

Does anyone knows how to get screenshots from a PDF document pages?

Each page would be saved into an image. A simple screenshot.

I would like to create my own code since I only need this functionality.

Thank You,

Miguel

 

[Jeff Johnson]

Does anyone knows how to get screenshots from a PDF document pages?

Each page would be saved into an image. A simple screenshot.

I would like to create my own code since I only need this functionality.

A) Render PDF yourself (not easy).

B) Take actual screen shots (probably a pain to manipulate).

All in all, I have a gut feeling it won't be easy.

 

[maxiboy]

There are command line operated programmes such as Ghostscript or ImageMagick that will convert PDF to image files like TIFF, PNG or JPEG. I'd use these.

 

[Govert]

A) Render PDF yourself (not easy).

Options:
- Use GhostScript; use its dll or call the executable from your program
- Use the .Net version of PDFBox
http://pdfbox.apache.org/userguide/dot_net.html

Govert