ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VB.NET – Split document with pdf extractor sdk

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How to split document with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to split document with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example VB.NET source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. 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 split document with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly split document with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. This VB.NET sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

If you want to try other source code samples then the free trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is available for download from our website. Just try other source code samples for VB.NET.

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Program.vb

      ' This example demonstrates various PDF document splitting scenarios:
' - extract a single page;
' - split in two parts;
' - split by ranges specified in text form: "1-5,6,7-10,11-".

Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        Dim inputFile As String = "sample.pdf"

        Using splitter As New DocumentSplitter("demo", "demo")

            splitter.OptimizeSplittedDocuments = True

            ' Extracting specific page:
            ' =========================

            splitter.ExtractPage(inputFile, "page3.pdf", 3)
            ' (!) Note: page number is 1-based.
            Console.WriteLine("Extracted page 3 to file ""page3.pdf""")
            Console.WriteLine()

            ' Split in two parts:
            ' ===================

            splitter.Split(inputFile, "part1.pdf", "part2.pdf", 3)
            ' (!) Note: page number is 1-based.
            Console.WriteLine("Splitted at page 3 to files ""part1.pdf"" and ""part2.pdf""")
            Console.WriteLine()

            ' Split by ranges:
            ' ================

            Dim files As String() = splitter.Split(inputFile, "1-3,4-6,7,8-")
            ' (!) Note: page numbers are 1-based; ending "-" means "to the end".
            Console.WriteLine("Splitted by ranges: ")
            For Each file As String In files
                Console.WriteLine("    " & Path.GetFileName(file))
            Next
            
        End Using

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

    End Sub

End Class