Search Text in PDF

// get the PDF file
string pdfFile = Server.MapPath("~") + @"\DemoFiles\Pdf\InputPdf.pdf";

// get the text to search
string textToSearch = textBoxTextToSearch.Text;

// create the PDF text extractor
PdfTextExtract pdfTextExtract = new PdfTextExtract();

int fromPdfPageNumber = int.Parse(textBoxFromPage.Text);
int toPdfPageNumber = textBoxToPage.Text.Length > 0 ? int.Parse(textBoxToPage.Text) : 0;

// search the text in PDF document
PdfTextSearchItem[] searchTextInstances = pdfTextExtract.SearchText(pdfFile, textToSearch,
            fromPdfPageNumber, toPdfPageNumber, checkBoxMatchCase.Checked, checkBoxMatchWholeWord.Checked);

// load the PDF file to highlight the searched text
PdfDocument pdfDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile(pdfFile);

// highlight the searched text in PDF document
foreach (PdfTextSearchItem searchTextInstance in searchTextInstances)
{
    PdfRectangle pdfRectangle = new PdfRectangle(searchTextInstance.BoundingRectangle);

    // set rectangle color and opacity
    pdfRectangle.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
    pdfRectangle.Opacity = 30;

    // highlight the text
    pdfDocument.Pages[searchTextInstance.PdfPageNumber - 1].Layout(pdfRectangle);
}

// write the modified PDF document
try
{
    // write the PDF document to a memory buffer
    byte[] pdfBuffer = pdfDocument.WriteToMemory();

    // inform the browser about the binary data format
    HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/pdf");

    // let the browser know how to open the PDF document and the file name
    HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", String.Format("attachment; filename=SearchText.pdf; size={0}",
                pdfBuffer.Length.ToString()));

    // write the PDF buffer to HTTP response
    HttpContext.Current.Response.BinaryWrite(pdfBuffer);

    // call End() method of HTTP response to stop ASP.NET page processing
    HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
}
finally
{
    pdfDocument.Close();
}