ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VB.NET – Make searchable pdf with pdf extractor sdk

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How to make searchable pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to make searchable pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

An easy to understand guide on how to make searchable pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with this source code sample. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite: 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 make searchable pdf 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 make searchable pdf 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. If you want to use these VB.NET sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

The trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for VB.NET and other programming languages.

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Module1.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

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

        ' Load sample PDF document
        searchablePdfMaker.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample_ocr.pdf")

        ' Set the location of OCR language data files
        searchablePdfMaker.OCRLanguageDataFolder = "c:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\ocrdata\"

        ' Set OCR language
        searchablePdfMaker.OCRLanguage = "eng" ' "eng" for english, "deu" for German, "fra" for French, "spa" for Spanish etc - according to files in "ocrdata" folder

        ' Set PDF document rendering resolution
        searchablePdfMaker.OCRResolution = 300

        ' Save extracted text to file
        searchablePdfMaker.MakePDFSearchable("output.pdf")

        ' Cleanup
        searchablePDFMaker.Dispose()

        ' Open output file in default associated application
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.pdf")

    End Sub

End Module