ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – Extract table structure from pdf with pdf extractor sdk

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How to extract table structure from pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to extract table structure from pdf with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example VB.NET source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products 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 be applied to extract table structure from pdf with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for VB.NET plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to extract table structure from pdf with pdf extractor sdk. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! Use of ByteScout PDF Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

Trial version of ByteScout PDF Suite is available for free. Source code samples are included to help you with your VB.NET app.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

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

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


        For pageIndex As Integer = 0 To extractor.GetPageCount() - 1

            Console.WriteLine("Starting extraction from page #" + pageIndex.ToString())
            Console.WriteLine()

            extractor.PrepareStructure(pageIndex)

            Dim rowCount As Integer = extractor.GetRowCount(pageIndex)

            For row As Integer = 0 To rowCount - 1

                Dim columnCount As Integer = extractor.GetColumnCount(pageIndex, row)

                For col As Integer = 0 To columnCount - 1

                    Console.WriteLine(extractor.GetCellValue(pageIndex, row, col))

                Next
            Next
        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()

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

	End Sub
End Class