Generate Thumbnail Images from PDF Documents

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

class PDFThumbnailCsharp
{
	[STAThread]
	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		// Acrobat objects
		Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc pdfDoc;
		Acrobat.CAcroPDPage pdfPage;
		Acrobat.CAcroRect pdfRect;
		Acrobat.CAcroPoint pdfPoint;

		AppSettingsReader appSettings = new AppSettingsReader();

		string pdfInputPath = appSettings.GetValue("pdfInputPath", typeof(string)).ToString();
		string pngOutputPath = appSettings.GetValue("pngOutputPath", typeof(string)).ToString();

        string templatePortraitFile = Application.StartupPath + @"\pdftemplate_portrait.gif";
		string templateLandscapeFile = Application.StartupPath + @"\pdftemplate_portrait.gif";;

		try
		{
			// Get list of files to process from the input path
            // Could change to read list from database instead
			string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(pdfInputPath, "*.pdf");

			for (int n=0; n < files.Length; n++)
			{
				string inputFile = files[n].ToString();
				string outputFile = pngOutputPath + files[n].Substring(files[n].LastIndexOf(@"\")+1).Replace(".pdf", ".png");

                /* Could skip if thumbnail already exists in output path
                FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(inputFile);
				if (!fi.Exists) {} */

				// Create the document (Can only create the AcroExch.PDDoc object using late-binding)
				// Note using VisualBasic helper functions, have to add reference to DLL in
				// C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
				// Will always be available as .NET framework ships with all
				pdfDoc = (Acrobat.CAcroPDDoc) Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc", "");

				int ret = pdfDoc.Open(inputFile);

				if (ret == 0)
				{
					throw new FileNotFoundException();
				}

				// Get the number of pages (to be used later if you wanted to store that information)
				int pageCount = pdfDoc.GetNumPages();

				// Get the first page
				pdfPage = (Acrobat.CAcroPDPage)pdfDoc.AcquirePage(0);

				pdfPoint = (Acrobat.CAcroPoint)pdfPage.GetSize();
				
				pdfRect = (Acrobat.CAcroRect) Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObject("AcroExch.Rect", "");

				pdfRect.Left = 0;
				pdfRect.right = pdfPoint.x;
				pdfRect.Top = 0;
				pdfRect.bottom = pdfPoint.y;

				// Render to clipboard, scaled by 100 percent (ie. original size)
                // Even though we want a smaller image, better for us to scale in .NET
                // than Acrobat as it would greek out small text
                // see http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/1dd72.htm
				pdfPage.CopyToClipboard(pdfRect, 0, 0, 100);

				IDataObject clipboardData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

				if (clipboardData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap))
				{
					Bitmap pdfBitmap = (Bitmap)clipboardData.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap);

					// Size of generated thumbnail in pixels
					int thumbnailWidth = 45;
					int thumbnailHeight = 59;

					string templateFile;

					// Switch between portrait and landscape
					if (pdfPoint.x < pdfPoint.y)
					{
						templateFile = templatePortraitFile;
					}
					else
					{
						templateFile = templateLandscapeFile;
						// Swap width and height (little trick not using third temp variable)
						thumbnailWidth = thumbnailWidth ^ thumbnailHeight;
						thumbnailHeight = thumbnailWidth ^ thumbnailHeight;
						thumbnailWidth = thumbnailWidth ^ thumbnailHeight;
					}
					
					// Load the template graphic
					Bitmap templateBitmap = new Bitmap(templateFile);

					// Render to small image using the bitmap class
					Image pdfImage = pdfBitmap.GetThumbnailImage(thumbnailWidth, thumbnailHeight,
																 null, IntPtr.Zero);
					
					// Create new blank bitmap (+ 7 for template border)						 
					Bitmap thumbnailBitmap = new Bitmap(thumbnailWidth + 7, thumbnailHeight + 7,
														System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

					// To overlayout the template with the image, we need to set the transparency
                    // http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/default.aspx?content=dotnetimagerecoloring.htm
					templateBitmap.MakeTransparent();

					using (Graphics thumbnailGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(thumbnailBitmap))
					{
						// Draw rendered pdf image to new blank bitmap
						thumbnailGraphics.DrawImage(pdfImage, 2, 2, thumbnailWidth, thumbnailHeight);

						// Draw template outline over the bitmap (pdf with show through the transparent area)
						thumbnailGraphics.DrawImage(templateBitmap, 0, 0);

						// Save as .png file
						thumbnailBitmap.Save(outputFile, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

						Console.WriteLine("Generated thumbnail... {0}", outputFile);
					}

					pdfDoc.Close();

					// Not sure how why it is to do this, but Acrobat is not the best behaved COM object
					// see http://blogs.msdn.com/yvesdolc/archive/2004/04/17/115379.aspx
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pdfPage);
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pdfRect);
					Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pdfDoc);
				}
			}
		}
		catch (System.Exception ex)
		{
			Console.Write(ex.ToString());
		}
		
	}
}