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Convert PDF to XLSX as cleanly as possible in .NET application
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Darren Rose
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Has anyone had any experience in the available API's for converting a PDF into an Excel (xlx/xlsx) document. There are several API's available, most of which are quite expensive, and from my initial testing all varying in the level of accuracy of the extracted information. Before I start looking to spend money and implement just curious as to whether any solutions I may have missed or any easier / cheaper / free methods to do this in a VB.NET application.
So far have looked at:-
- Sautinsoft PDF Focus
- Aspose.PDF for .NET
- e-iceblue Spire.PDF
- Bytescout.PDFExtractor
- GroupDocs
Many thanks
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Jiachen Li-MSFT 34,221 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-07-20T07:09:34.387+00:00 Hi @Darren Rose ,
Microsoft currently does not provide a library to convert PDF to EXCEL file.
Might be helpful: How to convert PDF TO EXCEL File using Freeware DLL -
Darren Rose 496 Reputation points
2022-07-20T09:56:12.867+00:00 Thanks for your response, I was aware Microsoft didn't provide a library, was looking for a third party solution.
In the link you provided the first link is dead, the second refers to some shareware software and the third etc refer to some manual methods of doing it - I as per questions am looking for a way to do it within a VB.NET app using code or an API, but thanks for responding
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