Extracting Images from PDF file

Hello All,
I am reading PDF File.I need to extract images from PDF File programatically.But problem is that some images are stored inside PDF File using FlateDecode Filter and I need to first decode that file and then I can extract that image .I dont know the way to decode that image data.Is there any way or API to do that in C++.
Thanks
Aarti Nagpal

I think you can do it through cos object in VC++ plugin..go through the PDEFilterSpec in
Acrobat core api reference
Be well..

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