ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk

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How to convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk with this how to tutorial

The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk and how to make it run in your VB.NET application. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can help you to convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do convert pdf to json with images with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. This VB.NET 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! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Module1.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Namespace ConsoleApplication1

    Class Program

        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

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

            ' Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample1.pdf")

            ' Uncomment this line to get rid of empty nodes in JSON
            'extractor.PreserveFormattingOnTextExtraction = False

            ' Set output image format
            extractor.ImageFormat = OutputImageFormat.PNG

            ' Save images to external files
            extractor.SaveImages = ImageHandling.OuterFile
            extractor.ImageFolder = "images" ' Folder for external images
            extractor.SaveJSONToFile("result_with_external_images.json")

            ' Embed images into JSON as Base64 encoded string
            extractor.SaveImages = ImageHandling.Embed
            extractor.SaveJSONToFile("result_with_embedded_images.json")

            ' Cleanup
		    extractor.Dispose()

        End Sub

    End Class
    
End Namespace