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How to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

Sample source code below will display you how to manage a complex task like find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET. 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. It can be applied to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VB.NET.

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Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor Class Program Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String()) ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance Dim xmlExtractor As New XMLExtractor() xmlExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo" xmlExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector instance Dim tableDetector As New TableDetector() tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo" tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' 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 xmlExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf") tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf") ' Get page count Dim pageCount As Integer = tableDetector.GetPageCount() For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1 Dim t As Integer = 1 ' Find first table and continue if found If (tableDetector.FindTable(i)) Then Do ' Set extraction area for XML extractor to rectangle received from the table detector xmlExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation) ' Export the table to XML file xmlExtractor.SavePageXMLToFile(i, "page-" + i.ToString() + "-table-" + t.ToString() + ".xml") t = t + 1 Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable() End If Next ' Cleanup xmlExtractor.Dispose() tableDetector.Dispose() ' Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes) System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page-0-table-1.xml") End Sub End Class

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