ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK – VB.NET – Sensitive Data Detector

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sensitive data detector in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK

How to apply ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK for sensitive data detector in VB.NET

ByteScout tutorials describe the stuff for programmers who use VB.NET. ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK was created to assist sensitive data detector in VB.NET. ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK is the SDK is designed to help developers with pdf tables and pdf data extraction from unstructured documents like pdf, tiff, scans, images, scanned and electronic forms. The library is powered by OCR, computer vision and AI to provide unique functionality like table detection, automatic table structure extraction, data restoration, data restructuring and reconstruction. Supports PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPG images as input and can output CSV, XML, JSON formatted data. Includes full set of utilities like pdf splitter, pdf merger, searchable pdf maker and other utilities.

Save time on writing and testing code by using the code below and use it in your application. Follow the steps-by-step instructions from the scratch to work and copy and paste code for VB.NET into your editor. These VB.NET sample examples can be used in one or many applications.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program
    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.SensitiveDataDetector instance
        Dim sensitiveDataDetector As New Bytescout.PDFExtractor.SensitiveDataDetector()
        sensitiveDataDetector.RegistrationName = "demo"
        sensitiveDataDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Load sample PDF document
        sensitiveDataDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\samplePDF_EmailSSN.pdf")

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

        ' Perform detecting sensitive data
        Dim detectionResults = sensitiveDataDetector.PerformDetection()

        ' Generate Report
        Dim report As String = sensitiveDataDetector.GenerateReport(detectionResults, SensitiveDataReportFormat.TXT)

        Console.WriteLine(report)

        ' Cleanup
        sensitiveDataDetector.Dispose()

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

    End Sub
End Class