How to convert PDF to Word in Delphi

You can run PDFConvert command-line interface from many programming languages such as C++, C#, ASP, JAVA or Delphi etc.

The Delphi source code below shows how to convert a PDF file ("c:\pdf\demo.pdf") to Word file ("c:\word\demo.docx"). This code has been tested in Embarcadero Delphi XE5.

Delphi source code sample:

  uses
    ShellAPI;
    
  procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  begin
    //Replace PDFConvert directory, source PDF file name and output directory
    ShellExecute(0, nil, '"C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFConvert\pdfconvert.exe"', ' /cs 10000 /i "c:\pdf\demo.pdf" /o "c:\word" /pwo 2', nil, SW_HIDE);
  end;

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