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Command I used to run:

Get-PDFContent https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42694.pdf

PSVersion: 3.0

Add-Type : Cannot bind parameter 'Path' to the target. Exception setting "Path": "Cannot find path 'C:\powershell\dev\itextsharp.dll' because it does not exist."
At C:\powershell\dev\Get-PDFContent.ps1:12 char:20

• Add-Type -Path "$($commandPath)/itextsharp.dll"
  

•                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Add-Type], ParameterBindingException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddTypeCommand

New-Object : Cannot find type [iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At C:\powershell\dev\Get-PDFContent.ps1:20 char:15

• $reader = New-Object iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader $pdfFile
  

•           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

New-Object : Cannot find type [iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser.SimpleTextExtractionStrategy]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At C:\powershell\dev\Get-PDFContent.ps1:22 char:17

• $strategy = New-Object iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser.SimpleTextExtractionStrate ...
  

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\powershell\dev\Get-PDFContent.ps1:28 char:5

• $reader.Close()
  

• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Hi Doug Finke,

This is really awesome functionality from PowerShell, but How can i read Password protected PDF files? We have plan to use Password protected PDF files instead of Plain Text CSV files after seeing your function using PowerShell.