ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK – VB6 – Convert PDF To XML

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How to convert PDF to XML in VB6 with ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK

This tutorial will show how to convert PDF to XML in VB6

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in VB6.Writing of the code to convert PDF to XML in VB6 can be done by developers of any level using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK. ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK: the Software Development Kit (SDK) that is designed to help developers with 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. It can convert PDF to XML in VB6.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do convert PDF to XML in VB6 with the help of ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK. This VB6 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! Implementing VB6 application typically includes multiple stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Form1.frm

      VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form Form1 
   Caption         =   "PDF to XML"
   ClientHeight    =   1095
   ClientLeft      =   120
   ClientTop       =   465
   ClientWidth     =   3675
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   ScaleHeight     =   1095
   ScaleWidth      =   3675
   StartUpPosition =   3  'Windows Default
   Begin VB.CommandButton cmd_pdf_to_xml 
      Caption         =   "Convert PDF to XML"
      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_xml_Click()
    
    ' Hanlde Error
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler:
    
    ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor object
    Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor")
    
    ' Set Registration name and key
    extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
    extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"
  
    ' Load sample PDF document
    extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile "sample.pdf"
    
    ' Peform Save to XML file
    extractor.SaveXMLToFile "output.xml"
    
    ' Show Success Message
    MsgBox "Extracted data saved to 'output.xml' 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_XML.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="PDFToXML"
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