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How to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

The sample source codes on this page shows how to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in 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. It can index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET.

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 index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk below and use it in your application. 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. If you want to use these VB.NET sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

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

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

        ' List all PDF files in directory
        For Each file As String In Directory.GetFiles("..\..\..\..", "*.pdf")
            infoExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(file)

            Console.WriteLine("File Name:      " & Path.GetFileName(file))
            Console.WriteLine("Page Count:     " & infoExtractor.GetPageCount())
            Console.WriteLine("Author:         " & infoExtractor.Author)
            Console.WriteLine("Title:          " & infoExtractor.Title)
            Console.WriteLine("Producer:       " & infoExtractor.Producer)
            Console.WriteLine("Subject:        " & infoExtractor.Subject)
            Console.WriteLine("CreationDate:   " & infoExtractor.CreationDate)
            Console.WriteLine("Text (2 lines): ")

            textExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(file)
            Using stringReader As New StringReader(textExtractor.GetTextFromPage(0))
                Console.WriteLine(stringReader.ReadLine())
                Console.WriteLine(stringReader.ReadLine())
            End Using
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next

        ' Cleanup
        infoExtractor.Dispose()
        textExtractor.Dispose()

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