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How to extract text from foldable brochure booklet in VB.NET with ByteScout Document Parser SDK

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ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.sln
      

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 15
VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27703.2026
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
Project("{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}") = "ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure", "ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.vbproj", "{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
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	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
		SolutionGuid = {DCA85560-1523-40E0-917A-5BB3AA7E031F}
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.vbproj
      
<?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>{A5FA1293-C15B-4249-A771-ED4301658454}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <StartupObject>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.Module1</StartupObject>
    <RootNamespace>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure</AssemblyName>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <MyType>Console</MyType>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug>
    <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DocumentationFile>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.xml</DocumentationFile>
    <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug>
    <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DocumentationFile>ExtractTextFromFoldableBrochure.xml</DocumentationFile>
    <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OptionExplicit>On</OptionExplicit>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OptionCompare>Binary</OptionCompare>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OptionStrict>Off</OptionStrict>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OptionInfer>On</OptionInfer>
  </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.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" />
    <Import Include="System" />
    <Import Include="System.Collections" />
    <Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" />
    <Import Include="System.Data" />
    <Import Include="System.Diagnostics" />
    <Import Include="System.Linq" />
    <Import Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Module1.vb" />
  </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.VisualBasic.targets" />
</Project>

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Module1.vb
      
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports ByteScout.DocumentParser
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        ' Sample document containing foldable PDF
        Dim sampleDocument As String = ".\SampleFoldable.pdf"

        ' Sample template
        Dim sampleTemplate As String = ".\SampleFoldable.yml"

        ' Output 
        Dim resFile As String = "result.txt"
        Dim sOutput As New StringBuilder(String.Empty)

        ' Create DocumentParser instance
        Using documentParser As New DocumentParser("demo", "demo")

            ' Add sample template
            documentParser.AddTemplate(sampleTemplate)

            ' Parse document data in JSON format
            Dim jsonString As String = documentParser.ParseDocument(sampleDocument, OutputFormat.JSON)

            ' Parse json to foldable structure
            Dim 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)

        End Using

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

    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Parse Json to Foldable Structure
    ''' </summary>
    Function ParseJsonToFoldableStructure(ByVal jsonData As String) As FoldableStructure

        ' Get Object data from input file
        Dim jsonObj As JObject = JObject.Parse(jsonData)

        Dim 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

    End Function

    Class FoldableStructure
        Public Property Part1 As String
        Public Property Part2 As String
        Public Property Part3 As String
    End Class

End Module

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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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