m_essaid
11 years agoValued Contributor
Comparison of two PDF files
Hi, Even if threads about this topic has already been posted, I ask in another thread because I didn't understand what I need to know. I need to compare two PDF, it's accounting sheets (...
- 11 years agoWinMerge with the xdocdiff plug-in is free. WinMerge can generate HTML reports with colored diffs (Tools > Generate Report); though not from the command line, so you'll need to automate saving of reports through WinMerge GUI.
Another idea is to use a PDF reading library like PDFBox .NET to extract text from PDFs and compare the text. Here's the example of how to read the text:
http://smartbear.com/forums/f81/t88540/getting-exception-while-trying-to-read-pdf-file/#88834