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How to find table in pdf and extract as csv 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 find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. 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 find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application.

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 find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout PDF Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor Class Program Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String()) ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance Dim csvExtractor As New CSVExtractor() csvExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo" csvExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector instance Dim tableDetector As New TableDetector() tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo" tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' We should define what kind of tables we should detect. ' So we set min required number of columns to 3 ... tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 3 ' ... and we set min required number of rows to 3 tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 3 ' Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders. tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables ' Load sample PDF document csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf") tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf") ' Get page count Dim pageCount As Integer = tableDetector.GetPageCount() ' Iterate through pages For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1 Dim t As Integer = 1 ' Find first table and continue if found If (tableDetector.FindTable(i)) Then Do ' Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation) ' Export the table to CSV file csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, "page-" + i.ToString() + "-table-" + t.ToString() + ".csv") t = t + 1 Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable() End If Next ' Cleanup csvExtractor.Dispose() tableDetector.Dispose() ' Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes) System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page-0-table-1.csv") End Sub End Class

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