Description

Specifies how the document structure is generated when a PDF document is imported. Adobe PDF format is a low-level output format. In most cases in contains only geometrical information about the single characters. A high-level document structure specifying paragraphs, tables, sections and styles is not available. The TXTextControl PDF import filter will reconstruct the original document according to the value of the PDFImportSettigs property.

Syntax

public PDFImportSettings PDFImportSettings { get; set; }

Public Property PDFImportSettings As PDFImportSettings

Members

Value	Description
GenerateLines	Text only,images and paragraph formatting are discarded. This option is best suited for searching PDF files.
GenerateParagraphs	Generates paragraphs from the text flow. Images are discarded.
GenerateTextFrames	Default. Uses tables, images and text frames to create a document that best matches the original document's appearance.
GenerateTextFramesFirstPageOnly	Same as GenerateTextFrames, but only the first page is loaded. Can be used for previewing the document.
GenerateXML	Obsolete. This setting will be removed in a future version. Use LoadEmbeddedData instead.
LoadEmbeddedData	Provides the PDF document's metadata, form fields and text coordinates through the LoadSettings.EmbeddedData property.
LoadEmbeddedFiles	Default. Files embedded in the PDF document are loaded and provided through the LoadSettings.EmbeddedFiles property.

Examples

The following example configures how a WordprocessingML template is loaded by using LoadSettings.PDFImportSettings.

LoadSettings loadSettings = new();

loadSettings.PDFImportSettings = PDFImportSettings.GenerateLines;
Console.WriteLine($"PDFImport Settings used by Load Settings: {loadSettings.PDFImportSettings}");

textControl.Load("template.docx", StreamType.WordprocessingML, loadSettings);

Dim loadSettings As New LoadSettings()

loadSettings.PDFImportSettings = PDFImportSettings.GenerateLines
Console.WriteLine($"PDFImport Settings used by Load Settings: {loadSettings.PDFImportSettings}")

textControl.Load("template.docx", StreamType.WordprocessingML, loadSettings)

Limitations

PDF only.