ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VB.NET – Find ssn number in pdf with regex with pdf extractor sdk

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How to find ssn number in pdf with regex with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to find ssn number in pdf with regex with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

Find ssn number in pdf with regex with pdf extractor sdk is simple to apply in VB.NET if you use these source codes below. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite 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 be applied to find ssn number in pdf with regex with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

These VB.NET code samples for VB.NET guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Applying VB.NET 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.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Module Program

    Sub Main()

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

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

                ' Enable the regular expression 
                extractor.RegexSearch = True

                Dim pageCount As Integer = extractor.GetPageCount()

                ' Search through pages
                For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1
                    ' Search SSN in format 202-55-0130
                    Dim regexPattern As String = "[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}"
                    ' See the complete regular expressions reference at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az24scfc(v=vs.110).aspx

                    ' Search each page for the pattern
                    If extractor.Find(i, regexPattern, False) Then

                        Do
                            ' Iterate through each element in the found text
                            For Each element As ISearchResultElement In extractor.FoundText.Elements
                                Console.WriteLine("Found SSN No: " & element.Text)
                            Next
                        Loop While extractor.FindNext()

                    End If
                Next
            End Using

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.Message)
        End Try

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to continue...")
        Console.ReadLine()

    End Sub

End Module