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Every ByteScout tool includes simple example C++ source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. What is ByteScout Data Extraction Suite? It is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can help you to find table and extract as CSV from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C++ application.
Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for C++ plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to find table and extract as CSV from PDF with PDF extractor SDK. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C++ code. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Data Extraction Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.
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#include "stdafx.h"
#include "comip.h"
#import "c:\\Program Files\\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\\net4.00\\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.tlb" raw_interfaces_only
using namespace Bytescout_PDFExtractor;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
// Initialize COM.
HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
// Create CSVExtractor instance
_CSVExtractorPtr pICSVExtractor(__uuidof(CSVExtractor));
pICSVExtractor->put_RegistrationName(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
pICSVExtractor->put_RegistrationKey(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
// Create TableDetector instance
_TableDetectorPtr pITableDetector(__uuidof(TableDetector));
pITableDetector->put_RegistrationName(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
pITableDetector->put_RegistrationKey(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
// Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders.
pITableDetector->put_ColumnDetectionMode(ColumnDetectionMode_BorderedTables);
// We should define what kind of tables we should detect.
// So we set min required number of columns to 2 ...
pITableDetector->put_DetectionMinNumberOfColumns(2);
// ... and we set min required number of rows to 2
pITableDetector->put_DetectionMinNumberOfRows(2);
// Load sample PDF document
_bstr_t inputFile(L"..\\..\\sample3.pdf");
pICSVExtractor->LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);
pITableDetector->LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);
// Get page count
long pageCount;
pITableDetector->GetPageCount(&pageCount);
for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < pageCount; pageIndex++)
{
int t = 1;
VARIANT_BOOL vbResult;
// Find first table and continue if found
pITableDetector->FindTable(pageIndex, &vbResult);
if (vbResult == VARIANT_TRUE)
{
do
{
float left, top, width, height;
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Left(&left);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Top(&top);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Width(&width);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Height(&height);
// Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
pICSVExtractor->SetExtractionArea(left, top, width, height);
// Export the table to CSV file
CString fileName;
fileName.Format(L"page-%d-table-%d.csv", pageIndex, t);
pICSVExtractor->SavePageCSVToFile(pageIndex, _bstr_t(fileName));
t++;
pITableDetector->FindNextTable(&vbResult);
} while (vbResult == VARIANT_TRUE);
}
}
pICSVExtractor->Release();
pITableDetector->Release();
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}
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// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes
// CPPExample.pch will be the pre-compiled header
// stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information
#include "stdafx.h"
// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
// and not in this file
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// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently
//
#pragma once
#include "targetver.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
#include <atlstr.h>
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#pragma once
// Including SDKDDKVer.h defines the highest available Windows platform.
// If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
// set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
#include <SDKDDKVer.h>
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