ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VB.NET – Find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk

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How to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

The sample source codes on this page shows how to find text in pdf with smart match 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 find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk in 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 find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk. 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. Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        Dim extractor As TextExtractor = New TextExtractor("demo", "demo")

        ' Load the document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf")

        ' Smart match the search string like Adobe Reader
        extractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.SmartMatch

        Dim searchString As String = "land"

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

        ' Iterate through pages
        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Search through page
            If extractor.Find(i, searchString, False) Then

                Do
                    ' Output search results
                    Console.WriteLine("Found on page " + i.ToString() + " at location " + extractor.FoundText.Bounds.ToString())

                    ' Now we are getting the found text
                    Dim extractedString As String = extractor.FoundText.Text
                    Console.WriteLine("Found text: " + extractedString)

                Loop While extractor.FindNext() ' Search next occurrence of the search string

            End If

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()


        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...")
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub

End Class