ByteScout PDF Suite – VBScript – Find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk

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How to find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk in VBScript using ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VBScript shows how to find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk with this how to tutorial

An easy to understand sample source code to learn how to find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk in VBScript ByteScout PDF Suite: 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 find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk in VBScript.

This prolific sample source code in VBScript for ByteScout PDF Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to find text in pdf using regex with pdf extractor sdk. Just copy and paste the code into your VBScript application’s code and follow the instructions. Use of ByteScout PDF Suite in VBScript is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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FindTextUsingRegex.vbs

      ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\Invoice.pdf")

extractor.RegexSearch = True ' Turn on the regex search
pattern = "[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{4}" ' Search dates in format 'mm/dd/yyyy'

' Get page count
pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount()

For i = 0 to PageCount - 1 
    If extractor.Find(i, pattern, false) Then ' Parameters are: page index, string to find, case sensitivity
        Do
            extractedString = extractor.FoundText.Text
            MsgBox "Found match on page #" & CStr(i) & ": " & extractedString
            extractor.ResetExtractionArea()
        Loop While extractor.FindNext
    End If
Next

MsgBox "Done"

Set extractor = Nothing