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How to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk with this how to tutorial

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in VB.NET.Writing of the code to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET can be executed by programmers of any level using ByteScout PDF Suite. ByteScout PDF Suite can extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk. It can be applied from VB.NET. 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.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor


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

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

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf")

        ' Get page count
        Dim pageCount As Integer = extractor.GetPageCount()

        ' Iterate through pages
        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Define rectangle location to extract from
            Dim location As RectangleF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 200, 200)

            ' Set extraction area
            extractor.SetExtractionArea(location)

            ' Extract text from the extraction area
            Dim text As String = extractor.GetTextFromPage(i)

            Console.WriteLine("Extracted from page #" + i.ToString() + ":")
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine(text)

            ' Reset the extraction area
            extractor.ResetExtractionArea()

            Console.WriteLine()

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()


        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...")
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub
End Class