C# Reading text from file with binary content

Question

I want to read a PDF file as a string.
I'm using File.ReadAllText(path), but the result ends on the first stream of binary data.
I think it recognizes some part of the stream as the end of file and stops.

Any idea how to solve this?

You can extract text from a PDF using tools as IText7

Jimi
– Jimi

2022-05-24 11:20:56 +00:00
Commented May 24, 2022 at 11:20 — Jimi
– Jimi, Commented May 24, 2022 at 11:20
Does this answer your question? Base64 Encode a PDF in C#?

Troy Turley
– Troy Turley

2022-05-24 13:34:21 +00:00
Commented May 24, 2022 at 13:34 — Troy Turley
– Troy Turley, Commented May 24, 2022 at 13:34

Christof Wollenhaupt · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-24 10:34:25Z

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You cannot read a PDF file as a string, because a PDF file contains other data than just characters. Read the file into a byte array or parse it switching between reading text and binary data whenever you encounter a stream object in the PDF file.

Some languages like PHP treat strings and byte arrays as interchangeable. That is not the case in C#.

answered May 24, 2022 at 10:34

Christof Wollenhaupt

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