C# – Extract image from PDF using itextsharp

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I am trying to extract all the images from a pdf using itextsharp but can't seem to overcome this one hurdle.

The error occures on the line System.Drawing.Image ImgPDF = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(MS); giving an error of "Parameter is not valid".

I think it works when the image is a bitmap but not of any other format.

I have this following code – sorry for the length;

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(@"reader.pdf");
        byte[] data = new byte[fs.Length];
        fs.Read(data, 0, (int)fs.Length);

        List<System.Drawing.Image> ImgList = new List<System.Drawing.Image>();

        iTextSharp.text.pdf.RandomAccessFileOrArray RAFObj = null;
        iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader PDFReaderObj = null;
        iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfObject PDFObj = null;
        iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStream PDFStremObj = null;

        try
        {
            RAFObj = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.RandomAccessFileOrArray(data);
            PDFReaderObj = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(RAFObj, null);

            for (int i = 0; i <= PDFReaderObj.XrefSize - 1; i++)
            {
                PDFObj = PDFReaderObj.GetPdfObject(i);

                if ((PDFObj != null) && PDFObj.IsStream())
                {
                    PDFStremObj = (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStream)PDFObj;
                    iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfObject subtype = PDFStremObj.Get(iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfName.SUBTYPE);

                    if ((subtype != null) && subtype.ToString() == iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfName.IMAGE.ToString())
                    {
                        byte[] bytes = iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader.GetStreamBytesRaw((iTextSharp.text.pdf.PRStream)PDFStremObj);

                        if ((bytes != null))
                        {
                            try
                            {
                                System.IO.MemoryStream MS = new System.IO.MemoryStream(bytes);

                                MS.Position = 0;
                                System.Drawing.Image ImgPDF = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(MS);

                                ImgList.Add(ImgPDF);

                            }
                            catch (Exception)
                            {
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            PDFReaderObj.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new Exception(ex.Message);
        }



    } //Form1_Load

Best Answer

Resolved...

Even I got the same exception of "Parameter is not valid" and after so much of work with the help of the link provided by der_chirurg (http://kuujinbo.info/iTextSharp/CCITTFaxDecodeExtract.aspx ) I resolved it and following is the code:

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser;
using Dotnet = System.Drawing.Image;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace PDF_Parsing
{
    partial class PDF_ImgExtraction
    {
        string imgPath;
        private void ExtractImage(string pdfFile)
        {
            PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(files[fileIndex]);
            for (int pageNumber = 1; pageNumber <= pdfReader.NumberOfPages; pageNumber++)
            {
                PdfReader pdf = new PdfReader(pdfFile);
                PdfDictionary pg = pdf.GetPageN(pageNumber);
                PdfDictionary res = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject(pg.Get(PdfName.RESOURCES));
                PdfDictionary xobj = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject(res.Get(PdfName.XOBJECT));
                foreach (PdfName name in xobj.Keys)
                {
                    PdfObject obj = xobj.Get(name);
                    if (obj.IsIndirect())
                    {
                        PdfDictionary tg = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject(obj);
                        string width = tg.Get(PdfName.WIDTH).ToString();
                        string height = tg.Get(PdfName.HEIGHT).ToString();
                        ImageRenderInfo imgRI = ImageRenderInfo.CreateForXObject(new Matrix(float.Parse(width), float.Parse(height)), (PRIndirectReference)obj, tg);
                        RenderImage(imgRI);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        private void RenderImage(ImageRenderInfo renderInfo)
        {
            PdfImageObject image = renderInfo.GetImage();
            using (Dotnet dotnetImg = image.GetDrawingImage())
            {
                if (dotnetImg != null)
                {
                    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        dotnetImg.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Tiff);
                        Bitmap d = new Bitmap(dotnetImg);
                        d.Save(imgPath);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
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