How Do I Open an OCR File in PDF?

If you're looking to open an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) file in PDF using C#, you're in the right place. OCR files are commonly used to convert scanned documents into editable text, making them a valuable tool for digitizing paper documents.

To open an OCR file in PDF using C#, you can use the iTextSharp library, which is a popular PDF manipulation library for .NET. Below is an example code snippet that demonstrates how to open an OCR file in PDF using C#:

using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.IO;

namespace OpenOCRFileInPDF
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string ocrFilePath = @"C:\path\to\ocrfile.txt";
            string pdfFilePath = @"C:\path\to\output.pdf";

            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(pdfFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
            {
                Document document = new Document();
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, fs);

                document.Open();

                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(ocrFilePath))
                {
                    string line;
                    while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        document.Add(new Paragraph(line));
                    }
                }

                document.Close();
            }

            Console.WriteLine("OCR file successfully converted to PDF.");
        }
    }
}

In this code snippet, we first specify the paths to the OCR file and the output PDF file. We then create a new PDF document using the iTextSharp library and open it for writing. We read the text content from the OCR file line by line and add each line as a paragraph to the PDF document. Finally, we close the document and output the success message.

With this code, you can easily open an OCR file in PDF using C# and the iTextSharp library. This can be a useful tool for automating the conversion of scanned documents into editable PDF files.