ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – Visual Basic 6 – Convert pdf to text with pdf extractor sdk

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How to convert pdf to text with pdf extractor sdk in Visual Basic 6 with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to convert pdf to text with pdf extractor sdk in Visual Basic 6

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can convert pdf to text with pdf extractor sdk. It can be applied from Visual Basic 6. 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.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the Visual Basic 6 code from ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for convert pdf to text with pdf extractor sdk below and use it in your application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for Visual Basic 6 below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

The trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for Visual Basic 6 and other programming languages.

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Form1.frm

      VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form Form1 
   Caption         =   "PDF to Text"
   ClientHeight    =   1095
   ClientLeft      =   120
   ClientTop       =   465
   ClientWidth     =   3675
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   ScaleHeight     =   1095
   ScaleWidth      =   3675
   StartUpPosition =   3  'Windows Default
   Begin VB.CommandButton cmd_pdf_to_text 
      Caption         =   "Convert PDF to Text"
      Height          =   855
      Left            =   120
      TabIndex        =   0
      Top             =   120
      Width           =   3495
   End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Private Sub cmd_pdf_to_text_Click()
    
    ' Hanlde Error
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler:
    
    ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
    Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
    
    ' Set Registration name and key
    extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
    extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"
  
    ' Load sample PDF document
    extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile "sample.pdf"
    
    ' Peform Save to Text file
    extractor.SaveTextToFile "output.txt"
    
    ' Show Success Message
    MsgBox "Extracted data saved to 'output.text' file.", vbInformation, "Success"
    
    ' Close form
    Unload Me
    
ErrorHandler:
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    MsgBox Err.Description, vbInformation, "Error"
End If

End Sub

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PDF_To_Text.vbp

      Type=Exe
Reference=*\G{00020430-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}#2.0#0#..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Windows\SysWOW64\stdole2.tlb#OLE Automation
Reference=*\G{F1D62CEE-68AA-4F38-9DB0-8021C13255D8}#9.1#0#..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\WINDOWS\SYSWOW64\Bytescout.PDFRenderer.tlb#ByteScout PDF Renderer SDK [TRIAL]
Form=Form1.frm
Startup="Form1"
Command32=""
Name="PDFToText"
HelpContextID="0"
CompatibleMode="0"
MajorVer=1
MinorVer=0
RevisionVer=0
AutoIncrementVer=0
ServerSupportFiles=0
VersionCompanyName="Hiren"
CompilationType=0
OptimizationType=0
FavorPentiumPro(tm)=0
CodeViewDebugInfo=0
NoAliasing=0
BoundsCheck=0
OverflowCheck=0
FlPointCheck=0
FDIVCheck=0
UnroundedFP=0
StartMode=0
Unattended=0
Retained=0
ThreadPerObject=0
MaxNumberOfThreads=1