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Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 69

Search for a string within a multiple PDF`s metadata with iTextSharp

How can I search multiple PDF files in directory for a specific 'Author' name and get a path to that file if found? Currently I'm browsing through directory using EnumerateFiles and then I'm looping through to display all the Author names from each PDF file with PDfReader. I just don`t know how to search now for that specific Author name.

My code below:

path = @"C:\Users\thomas\Desktop\PDFfiles";
var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, "*.pdf", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

foreach (string currentFile in files)
{                 
    PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(currentFile);
    string authorName = reader.Info["Author"];

    listBox1.Items.Add("Author is: " + authorName);
}

I'm getting a list of Authors names in my ListBox, but how I can search for a specific name within all PDF files?

Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 634

Answers (1)

Roman
Roman

Reputation: 598

You may need to use new list to save results with your selected author such as: newList = listBox1.Items.Where(x => x.Text == authorName);

Upvotes: 3

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