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How to find keyword in pdf and extract text with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to find keyword in pdf and extract text with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to find keyword in pdf and extract text with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET 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 and you can use it to find keyword in pdf and extract text with pdf extractor sdk with VB.NET.

The following code snippet for ByteScout PDF Suite works best when you need to quickly find keyword in pdf and extract text with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! Check VB.NET sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Namespace FindText

	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")

			Dim pageCount As Integer = extractor.GetPageCount()

			' Search each page for some keyword 
			For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1
				If extractor.Find(i, "References", False) Then
					' If page contains the keyword, extract a text from it.
					' For demonstration we'll extract the text from top part of the page only
					extractor.SetExtractionArea(0, 0, 600, 200)
					Dim text As String = extractor.GetTextFromPage(i)
					Console.WriteLine(text)
				End If
			Next

			' Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose()

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

		End Sub
		
	End Class

End Namespace