Split a PDF Document

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Splitting a PDF document is the process of saving each page into a new, separate PDF document. For example, splitting a three-page PDF document will produce three, single-page PDF documents.

To split a PDF document using ImageGear .NET:

Read the PDF document into a System.IO.Stream object.
Read the stream using ImGearFileFormats.LoadDocument(), casting the ImGearDocument object returned to an ImGearPDFDocument object.
Determine the PDF page count using the ImGearPDFDocument.Pages property.
For each PDF page:
- Construct a new ImGearPDFDocument object to create an empty PDF document.
- Add the page to the empty PDF document using the ImGearPDFDocument.InsertPages() method.
- Save the single-page PDF to disk or memory using the ImGearPDFDocument.Save() method.

The following is a sample method that illustrates how to split a single PDF document into several single-page PDF documents:

PDF support needs to be initialized first for this snippet to work. To get familiar with initializing IGNET, initializing PDF support, loading a PDF, saving a PDF, and terminating PDF support, try any one of the tutorials.

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using System; using System.IO; using System.Text; using ImageGear.Core; using ImageGear.Formats; using ImageGear.Windows.Forms; using ImageGear.Formats.PDF; public void SplitPDFDocument(String inputPath, String outputDirectory) { const int FIRST_PAGE = 0; const int ONE_PAGE = 1; // Ensure output directory exists. if ( !System.IO.Directory.Exists(outputDirectory) ) { Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory); } // Open file for reading. using ( FileStream pdfData = new FileStream(inputPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) ) { // Read PDF document to memory. using ( ImGearPDFDocument igSourceDocument = ImGearFileFormats.LoadDocument( pdfData, FIRST_PAGE, (int)ImGearPDFPageRange.ALL_PAGES) as ImGearPDFDocument ) { // For each page in document. for ( int i = 0; i < igSourceDocument.Pages.Count; i++ ) { // Construct the output filepath. String outputFileName = String.Format("{0}_{1}.pdf", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputPath), i + 1); String outputPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(outputDirectory, outputFileName); // Create a new empty PDF document. using ( ImGearPDFDocument igTargetDocument = new ImGearPDFDocument() ) { // Insert page into new PDF document. igTargetDocument.InsertPages( (int)ImGearPDFPageNumber.BEFORE_FIRST_PAGE, igSourceDocument, i, ONE_PAGE, ImGearPDFInsertFlags.DEFAULT); // Save new PDF document to file. igTargetDocument.Save(outputPath, ImGearSavingFormats.PDF, FIRST_PAGE, FIRST_PAGE, ONE_PAGE, ImGearSavingModes.OVERWRITE); } } } } }

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

using ImageGear.Core;
using ImageGear.Formats;
using ImageGear.Windows.Forms;
using ImageGear.Formats.PDF;

public void SplitPDFDocument(String inputPath, String outputDirectory)
{
   const int FIRST_PAGE = 0;
   const int ONE_PAGE = 1;

   // Ensure output directory exists.
   if ( !System.IO.Directory.Exists(outputDirectory) )
   {
       Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
   }

   // Open file for reading.
   using ( FileStream pdfData = new FileStream(inputPath, FileMode.Open,
       FileAccess.Read) )
   {
       // Read PDF document to memory.
       using ( ImGearPDFDocument igSourceDocument = ImGearFileFormats.LoadDocument(
           pdfData, FIRST_PAGE, (int)ImGearPDFPageRange.ALL_PAGES)
           as ImGearPDFDocument )
       {
           // For each page in document.
           for ( int i = 0; i < igSourceDocument.Pages.Count; i++ )
           {
               // Construct the output filepath.
               String outputFileName = String.Format("{0}_{1}.pdf",
                   Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputPath), i + 1);
               String outputPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(outputDirectory, outputFileName);

               // Create a new empty PDF document.
               using ( ImGearPDFDocument igTargetDocument = new ImGearPDFDocument() )
               {
                   // Insert page into new PDF document.
                   igTargetDocument.InsertPages(
                       (int)ImGearPDFPageNumber.BEFORE_FIRST_PAGE, igSourceDocument,
                       i, ONE_PAGE, ImGearPDFInsertFlags.DEFAULT);

                   // Save new PDF document to file.
                   igTargetDocument.Save(outputPath, ImGearSavingFormats.PDF,
                       FIRST_PAGE, FIRST_PAGE, ONE_PAGE,
                       ImGearSavingModes.OVERWRITE);
               }
           }
       }
   }
}

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Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Text Imports ImageGear.Core Imports ImageGear.Formats Imports ImageGear.Formats.PDF Public Sub SplitPDFDocument(ByVal inputPath As String, ByVal outputDirectory As String) Const FIRST_PAGE As Integer = 0 Const ONE_PAGE As Integer = 1 ' Ensure output directory exists. If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(outputDirectory) Then Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory) End If ' Open file for reading. Using pdfData As New FileStream(inputPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) ' Read PDF document to memory. Using igSourceDocument As ImGearPDFDocument = TryCast(ImGearFileFormats.LoadDocument( pdfData, FIRST_PAGE, DirectCast(ImGearPDFPageRange.ALL_PAGES, Integer)), ImGearPDFDocument) ' For each page in document For i As Integer = 0 To igSourceDocument.Pages.Count ' Construct the output filepath Dim outputFileName As String = String.Format("{0}_{1}.pdf", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputPath), i + 1) Dim outputPath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(outputDirectory, outputFileName) ' Create a new empty PDF document. Using igTargetDocument As New ImGearPDFDocument() ' Insert page into new PDF document. igTargetDocument.InsertPages( DirectCast(ImGearPDFPageNumber.BEFORE_FIRST_PAGE, Integer), igSourceDocument, i, ONE_PAGE, ImGearPDFInsertFlags.[DEFAULT]) ' Save new PDF document to file. igTargetDocument.Save(outputPath, ImGearSavingFormats.PDF, FIRST_PAGE, FIRST_PAGE, ONE_PAGE, ImGearSavingModes.OVERWRITE) End Using Next End Using End Using End Sub

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Imports ImageGear.Core
Imports ImageGear.Formats
Imports ImageGear.Formats.PDF

Public Sub SplitPDFDocument(ByVal inputPath As String, ByVal outputDirectory As String)

   Const FIRST_PAGE As Integer = 0
   Const ONE_PAGE As Integer = 1

   ' Ensure output directory exists.
   If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(outputDirectory) Then
       Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory)
   End If

   ' Open file for reading.
   Using pdfData As New FileStream(inputPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)

       ' Read PDF document to memory.
       Using igSourceDocument As ImGearPDFDocument =
           TryCast(ImGearFileFormats.LoadDocument(
               pdfData, FIRST_PAGE, DirectCast(ImGearPDFPageRange.ALL_PAGES,
               Integer)), ImGearPDFDocument)

           ' For each page in document
           For i As Integer = 0 To igSourceDocument.Pages.Count

               ' Construct the output filepath
               Dim outputFileName As String = String.Format("{0}_{1}.pdf",
                   Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputPath), i + 1)
               Dim outputPath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(outputDirectory,
                   outputFileName)

               ' Create a new empty PDF document.
               Using igTargetDocument As New ImGearPDFDocument()

                   ' Insert page into new PDF document.
                   igTargetDocument.InsertPages(
                       DirectCast(ImGearPDFPageNumber.BEFORE_FIRST_PAGE, Integer),
                       igSourceDocument, i, ONE_PAGE, ImGearPDFInsertFlags.[DEFAULT])

                   ' Save new PDF document to file.
                   igTargetDocument.Save(outputPath, ImGearSavingFormats.PDF,
                       FIRST_PAGE, FIRST_PAGE, ONE_PAGE,
                       ImGearSavingModes.OVERWRITE)

               End Using

           Next

       End Using

   End Using

End Sub

Refer to the Samples documentation.

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