ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Convert PDF To CSV with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to convert PDF to CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to convert PDF to CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C#

These sample source codes on this page below are displaying how to convert PDF to CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C#. What is ByteScout Data Extraction Suite? It is the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can help you to convert PDF to CSV with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance
            CSVExtractor extractor = new CSVExtractor();
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf");

            // you can change CSV separator symbol (if needed) from "," symbol to another if needed for non-US locales
            //extractor.CSVSeparatorSymbol = ",";

            // Save extracted CSV data
            extractor.SaveCSVToFile("output.csv");

            // Cleanup
            extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Data has been extracted to 'output.csv' file.");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue and open CSV in default CSV viewer (or Excel)...");
            Console.ReadKey();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("output.csv");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}