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ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK – VBScript – Find Table And Extract As CSV

FindTableAndExtractAsCSV.vbs

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
Set tableDetector= CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector")
tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo"
tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor object
Set csvExtractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor")
csvExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
csvExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' We should define what kind of tables we should detect.
' So we set min required number of columns to 3 ...
tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 3
' ... and we set min required number of rows to 3
tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 3

' Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders.
tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = 3 ' 3 = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables

' Load sample PDF document
tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\sample3.pdf")
csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile "..\..\sample3.pdf"

' Get page count
pageCount = tableDetector.GetPageCount()

' Iterate through pages
For i = 0 to pageCount - 1 
 
	t = 0
	' Find first table and continue if found
	If (tableDetector.FindTable(i)) Then

		Do
			' Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
			csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea _
				tableDetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Left(), _
				tableDetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Top(), _
				tableDetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Width(), _
				tableDetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Height()
			' Export the table to CSV file
			csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile i, "page-" & CStr(i) & "-table-" & CStr(t) & ".csv"
			t = t + 1
		Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable()
		
	End If

Next

Set csvExtractor = Nothing
Set tableDetector = Nothing



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