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How to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

The sample source code below will teach you how to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET. Want to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET app? ByteScout PDF Suite is designed for it. ByteScout PDF Suite 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.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample VB.NET codes.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor
Imports System.Diagnostics

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XLSExtractor instance

        Dim extractor As New XLSExtractor()
        extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        File.Delete("output.xls")

        ''' Document Password Can be set in two ways
        ''' 1. Using Property
        ''' 2. Using Events

        ' 1. Handle document password using Property
        ' extractor.Password = "password"

        ' 2. Handle document password using Event
        AddHandler extractor.PasswordRequired, New System.EventHandler(AddressOf extractor_PasswordRequired)

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("encrypted (password is 'password').pdf")

        ' Uncomment this line if you need all pages converted into a single worksheet:
        'extractor.PageToWorksheet = False

        ' Set the output format to XLS
        extractor.OutputFormat = SpreadseetOutputFormat.XLS

        ' Save the spreadsheet to file
        extractor.SaveToXLSFile("output.xls")

        ' Cleanup
        extractor.Dispose()

        ' Open result file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        Process.Start("output.xls")

    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub extractor_PasswordRequired(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

        ' Ask user for password and put it to `Password` property.
        CType(sender, XLSExtractor).Password = "password"

    End Sub
End Class