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How to extract text from foldable brochure booklet in C# and ByteScout Document Parser SDK

ByteScout Document Parser SDK is the customizable data extraction platform for batch data extraction from documents. Relies on special templates that can be created with no special technical skills required. Supports millions of documents as input and designed to handle multiple threads. Can output data as JSON, CSV, XML or custom format.

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ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.csproj
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProjectGuid>{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="ByteScout.DocumentParser, Version=1.0.0.100, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>c:\Program Files\ByteScout Document Parser SDK\net40\ByteScout.DocumentParser.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.12.0.3\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="..\..\SampleFoldable.pdf">
      <Link>SampleFoldable.pdf</Link>
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
    <None Include="SampleFoldable.yml">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
    <None Include="packages.config" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
</Project>

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ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.sln
      

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 15
VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27703.2018
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure", "ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.csproj", "{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{A73776C6-D2B2-4E37-B852-06C6454D1B5B}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
		SolutionGuid = {7E6DAA79-020B-421A-844A-5FE05EFC9B15}
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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Program.cs
      
using ByteScout.DocumentParser;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Sample document containing foldable PDF
            string sampleDocument = @".\SampleFoldable.pdf";

            // Sample template
            string sampleTemplate = @".\SampleFoldable.yml";

            // Output 
            var resFile = "result.txt";
            var sOutput = new StringBuilder(string.Empty);

            // Create DocumentParser instance
            using (DocumentParser documentParser = new DocumentParser("demo", "demo"))
            {
                // Add sample template
                documentParser.AddTemplate(sampleTemplate);

                // Parse document data in JSON format
                string jsonString = documentParser.ParseDocument(sampleDocument, OutputFormat.JSON);

                // Parse json to foldable structure
                var parsedRes = ParseJsonToFoldableStructure(jsonString);

                // Append all parts to return output
                sOutput.AppendLine(parsedRes.Part1);
                sOutput.AppendLine(parsedRes.Part2);
                sOutput.AppendLine(parsedRes.Part3);

                // Write output file
                File.WriteAllText(resFile, sOutput.ToString());

                Console.WriteLine({code}quot;Extracted text saved to {resFile}");

                // Open result file with default application
                Process.Start(resFile);
            }

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Parse Json to Foldable Structure
        /// </summary>
        static FoldableStructure ParseJsonToFoldableStructure(string jsonData)
        {
            // Get Object data from input file
            JObject jsonObj = JObject.Parse(jsonData);

            var oRet = new FoldableStructure();
            oRet.Part1 = Convert.ToString(jsonObj["fields"]["part1"]["value"]);
            oRet.Part2 = Convert.ToString(jsonObj["fields"]["part2"]["value"]);
            oRet.Part3 = Convert.ToString(jsonObj["fields"]["part3"]["value"]);

            return oRet;
        }
    }

    class FoldableStructure
    {
        public string Part1 { get; set; }
        public string Part2 { get; set; }
        public string Part3 { get; set; }
    }
}

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SampleFoldable.yml
      
templateVersion: 3
templatePriority: 0
sourceId: Untitled document kind
detectionRules:
  keywords: []
fields:
  Part1:
    type: rectangle
    rectangle:
    - 7.5
    - 33.75
    - 244.5
    - 353.25
    pageIndex: 0
  Part2:
    type: rectangle
    rectangle:
    - 273.75
    - 201.75
    - 247.5
    - 198
    pageIndex: 0
  Part3:
    type: rectangle
    rectangle:
    - 537.75
    - 27
    - 246
    - 268.5
    pageIndex: 0

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packages.config
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="12.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>

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