Convert PNG to XLSX in C#
Perform optical character recognition on PNG document and save text as PNG document using Aspose.OCR for .NET library.
Aspose.OCR for .NET
Overview
How to convert PNG to XLSX using C#
Aspose.OCR for .NET is a powerful yet easy-to-use and cost-effective library for converting PNG images to XLSX documents. Supporting 26 languages based on Latin, Cyrillic and Chinese, its state-of-the-art optical character recognition engine provides superior recognition speed and accuracy, while isolating you from formulas, neural networks, and other complex technical details. It allows you to add OCR functionality to your .NET applications in less than 10 lines of code.
processes scanned images or even smartphone photos in PNG format and creates PNG documents containing recognized text. To add it to your project, you just need to install the Aspose.OCR
package in your project with the following command:
Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.OCR
Steps to Convert PNG to XLSX
With .NET OCR and just a few lines of code, you can create full-featured application that converts an PNG image to XLSX document:
- Create an instance of AsposeOcr class
- Call AsposeOCR.RecognizeImage method
- Pass the PNG file path as parameter
- AsposeOCR.RecognizeImage returns a String or file of XLSX type
System Requirements
Before running the example, make sure that .NET API compatible with NET Standard 2.0 specification is installed on your system and all external dependencies of Aspose.OCR package are referenced in your project.
- NET Standard 2.0+ compatible solution
- Aspose.OCR for .NET referenced in your project.
This sample code shows PNG to XLSX .NET Conversion
// initialize an instance of AsposeOcr
AsposeOcr ocr = new AsposeOcr();
// recognize image
string riText = ocr.RecognizeImage("template.PNG");
// print text
File. File.WriteAllText("document.XLSX", riText);
PNG What is PNG File Format
PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. This file format was created as a replacement of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and has no copyright limitations. However, PNG file format does not support animations. PNG file format supports loseless image compression that makes it popular among its users. With the passage of time, PNG has evolved as one of the mostly used image file format. Almost all Operating Systems have support for opening PNG files. For example, Microsoft Windows viewer has the capability to open PNG files as the OS has by default the support available as part of installation.
Read MoreXLSX What is XLSX File Format
XLSX is well-known format for Microsoft Excel documents that was introduced by Microsoft with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Based on structure organized according to the Open Packaging Conventions as outlined in Part 2 of the OOXML standard ECMA-376, the new format is a zip package that contains a number of XML files. The underlying structure and files can be examined by simply unzipping the .xlsx file.
Read MoreOther Supported Conversions
Using C#, one can easily convert different formats including.