ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VB.NET – Extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk

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How to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. 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 and you can use it to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk with VB.NET.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for VB.NET plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. 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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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
        Dim extractor As New TextExtractor()
        extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample1.pdf")

        ' Get page count
        Dim pageCount As Integer = extractor.GetPageCount()

        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Create new stream. You can use MemoryStream or any other System.IO.Stream inheritor.
            Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream(".\page" + i.ToString() + ".txt", FileMode.Create)

            ' Save text from page to the file stream
            extractor.SavePageTextToStream(i, stream)

            ' Close stream
            stream.Dispose()

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()

        ' Open result file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(".\page1.txt")

    End Sub

End Class