Implement Bytescout SDK's PreserveFormattingOnTextExtraction feature

[margelef]

in ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK the default TextExtraction option is PreserveFormattingOnTextExtraction = true
This preserves the approximate layout of the PDF.

The ExtractText feature of MuPDF.net ExtractText does not have this option.

As an example, take this PDF:
statement_sample1.pdf

Running it through the default ExtractText in MuPDF produces:
statement_sample1.mupdf.txt

Rows are broken up, tables are completely removed (look at the Checks Paid section)

While running it through the default Bytescout conversion produces this:
statement_sample1.bytescout.txt

Bytescout code:

                using TextExtractor te = new()
                {
...
                };
                te.LoadDocumentFromFile(pdfPath);
                  te.SaveTextToFile(outputPath);

The layout of the PDF is preserved - the Account summary headings and values remain on the same rows - and the Checks Paid remains in a table layout

[jamie-lemon]

Thank you - we will look into this issue.

[jamie-lemon]

@margelef I believe that the latest MuPDF.NET release 3.2.8 now provides this functionality you are looking for with: Page.GetTextWithLayout.

See: https://mupdfnet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/classes/Page.html#Page.GetTextWithLayout

There is also an updated test here: https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/MuPDF.NET/blob/main/Demo/Program.cs#L217

Please let us know if this resolves your issue.