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How to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. Want to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET app? ByteScout PDF Suite is designed for it. 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.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the VB.NET code from ByteScout PDF Suite for find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk below and use it in your application. This VB.NET sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Applying VB.NET application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance
        Dim xmlExtractor As New XMLExtractor()
        xmlExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        xmlExtractor.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

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

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

		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 XML extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
                    xmlExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation)
                    ' Export the table to XML file
                    xmlExtractor.SavePageXMLToFile(i, "page-" + i.ToString() + "-table-" + t.ToString() + ".xml")
                    t = t + 1
                Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable()
            End If
        Next

        ' Cleanup
		xmlExtractor.Dispose()
		tableDetector.Dispose()

        ' Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page-0-table-1.xml")

	End Sub
End Class