how can i read PDF file information using vb.net ?

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Please i need help in PDF files.

How can i read PDF information such as Title , Author , Keywords and Subject using vb.net without open the file ?

This information is found when press right click with mouse on any pdf file and choose Properties and PDF tap.

Thanks for reading.

Posted 3-Mar-10 11:25am

ibrncfe

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ya i know that but how?

how can i create?

i hav to create a page in pdf to client enter the value and i have to read and save in my sql database so what will you do?

if u know about that so give me some information....

thanks....

Posted 5-Mar-12 23:52pm

Sagar Tajpara

Updated 5-Mar-12 23:54pm

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Kythen · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-03T12:13:00

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You will have to use a third party library. There are some free ones out there such as iTextSharp[^] or PDFSharp[^].

You can see the metadata information when right-clicking in Windows Explorer because you are likely using Adobe Acrobat, which installs Explorer extensions to add features like that to property pages and context menus.

Posted 3-Mar-10 12:13pm

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Al Jones 14-Oct-18 19:32pm

8 years later I'm in the same position. I need to be able to programmatically access
information.author and information.title
I'm using pdfsharp which allow me to call pdfreader.open then access the data but I'm unable to close the reader.