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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Find PDF Table And Extract As CSV with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to find PDF table and extract as CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C# using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to find PDF table and extract as CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to find PDF table and extract as CSV with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can find PDF table and extract as CSV with PDF extractor SDK. It can be applied from C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite 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.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instructions. Check C# sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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using System.Diagnostics; using Bytescout.PDFExtractor; namespace FindTableAndExtractAsCsv { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance CSVExtractor csvExtractor = new CSVExtractor(); csvExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo"; csvExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"; // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector instance TableDetector tableDetector = new TableDetector(); tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo"; tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo"; // Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders. tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables; // We should define what kind of tables we should detect. // So we set min required number of columns to 3 ... tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 3; // ... and we set min required number of rows to 3 tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 3; // Load sample PDF document csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample3.pdf"); tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample3.pdf"); // Get page count int pageCount = tableDetector.GetPageCount(); for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++) { int t = 1; // Find first table and continue if found if (tableDetector.FindTable(i)) { do { // Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation); // Export the table to CSV file csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, "page-" + i + "-table-" + t + ".csv"); t++; } while (tableDetector.FindNextTable()); // search next table } } // Cleanup csvExtractor.Dispose(); tableDetector.Dispose(); // Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes) ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("page-0-table-1.csv"); processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true; Process.Start(processStartInfo); } } }

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