PDF2Text Pilot

PDF2Text Pilot allows you to...

convert PDF documents into text files;

PDF2Text Pilot features

batch conversion;
With batch processing, you can extract texts from a batch of PDF files to:
- a corresponding number of files (or exporting the text of each into another text file);
- a single file (exporting the text of all PDF files into a single text file).
command line;
The application may be run directly from the command line, without the GUI.

See Command Line Specification

Source code of PDF2Text Pilot as a "text from PDF" extractor example

PDF2Text Pilot is a freeware, open-source product. See Open-Source BSD License

You can use the code as an example of solving a text extraction task in your software program.

The text extracting feature is handled by the PDF Creator Pilot library. Note that PDF Creator Pilot is a commercial component. So, the text extractor code, excepting the code of that PDF library, is available for free.