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How to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk with this how to tutorial

The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk and how to make it run in your VB.NET application. Want to find text in pdf with smart match 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.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. This basic programming language sample code for VB.NET will do the whole work for you to find text in pdf with smart match with pdf extractor sdk.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        Dim extractor As TextExtractor = New TextExtractor("demo", "demo")

        ' Load the document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf")

        ' Smart match the search string like Adobe Reader
        extractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.SmartMatch

        Dim searchString As String = "land"

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

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

            ' Search through page
            If extractor.Find(i, searchString, False) Then

                Do
                    ' Output search results
                    Console.WriteLine("Found on page " + i.ToString() + " at location " + extractor.FoundText.Bounds.ToString())

                    ' Now we are getting the found text
                    Dim extractedString As String = extractor.FoundText.Text
                    Console.WriteLine("Found text: " + extractedString)

                Loop While extractor.FindNext() ' Search next occurrence of the search string

            End If

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()


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

    End Sub

End Class