How do I reference the PDF IFilter (dll) interface built into Windows to extract text and properties (author, title, etc.) of a pdf document via Classic ASP

Question

I need to extract and parse Text from a pdf file in a classic ASP environment. I read another post about using the PDF iFilter driver installed with Adobe Acrobat 9 which can be referenced through COM.

Is this even possible? If so how do I get started?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you know the COM class name or clsid, you should be able to use Server.CreateObject() to get an instance. You should then be able to call IFilter methods on it.