Important Update
This sample source code below will display you how to find table and extract as CSV from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C++. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording and you can use it to find table and extract as CSV from PDF with PDF extractor SDK with C++.
The following code snippet for ByteScout Premium Suite works best when you need to quickly find table and extract as CSV from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C++ application. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C++ below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. If you want to use these C++ sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.
ByteScout Premium Suite free trial version is available on our website. C++ and other programming languages are supported.
On-demand (REST Web API) version:
Web API (on-demand version)
On-premise offline SDK for Windows:
60 Day Free Trial (on-premise)
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "comip.h"
#import "c:\\Program Files\\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\\net4.00\\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.tlb" raw_interfaces_only
using namespace Bytescout_PDFExtractor;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
// Initialize COM.
HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
// Create CSVExtractor instance
_CSVExtractorPtr pICSVExtractor(__uuidof(CSVExtractor));
pICSVExtractor->put_RegistrationName(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
pICSVExtractor->put_RegistrationKey(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
// Create TableDetector instance
_TableDetectorPtr pITableDetector(__uuidof(TableDetector));
pITableDetector->put_RegistrationName(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
pITableDetector->put_RegistrationKey(_bstr_t(L"DEMO"));
// Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders.
pITableDetector->put_ColumnDetectionMode(ColumnDetectionMode_BorderedTables);
// We should define what kind of tables we should detect.
// So we set min required number of columns to 2 ...
pITableDetector->put_DetectionMinNumberOfColumns(2);
// ... and we set min required number of rows to 2
pITableDetector->put_DetectionMinNumberOfRows(2);
// Load sample PDF document
_bstr_t inputFile(L"..\\..\\sample3.pdf");
pICSVExtractor->LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);
pITableDetector->LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);
// Get page count
long pageCount;
pITableDetector->GetPageCount(&pageCount);
for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < pageCount; pageIndex++)
{
int t = 1;
VARIANT_BOOL vbResult;
// Find first table and continue if found
pITableDetector->FindTable(pageIndex, &vbResult);
if (vbResult == VARIANT_TRUE)
{
do
{
float left, top, width, height;
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Left(&left);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Top(&top);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Width(&width);
pITableDetector->GetFoundTableRectangle_Height(&height);
// Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
pICSVExtractor->SetExtractionArea(left, top, width, height);
// Export the table to CSV file
CString fileName;
fileName.Format(L"page-%d-table-%d.csv", pageIndex, t);
pICSVExtractor->SavePageCSVToFile(pageIndex, _bstr_t(fileName));
t++;
pITableDetector->FindNextTable(&vbResult);
} while (vbResult == VARIANT_TRUE);
}
}
pICSVExtractor->Release();
pITableDetector->Release();
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}
60 Day Free Trial or Visit ByteScout Premium Suite Home Page
Explore ByteScout Premium Suite Documentation
Explore Samples
Sign Up for ByteScout Premium Suite Online Training
Get Your API Key
Explore Web API Docs
Explore Web API Samples
// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes
// CPPExample.pch will be the pre-compiled header
// stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information
#include "stdafx.h"
// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
// and not in this file
60 Day Free Trial or Visit ByteScout Premium Suite Home Page
Explore ByteScout Premium Suite Documentation
Explore Samples
Sign Up for ByteScout Premium Suite Online Training
Get Your API Key
Explore Web API Docs
Explore Web API Samples
// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently
//
#pragma once
#include "targetver.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
#include <atlstr.h>
60 Day Free Trial or Visit ByteScout Premium Suite Home Page
Explore ByteScout Premium Suite Documentation
Explore Samples
Sign Up for ByteScout Premium Suite Online Training
Get Your API Key
Explore Web API Docs
Explore Web API Samples
#pragma once
// Including SDKDDKVer.h defines the highest available Windows platform.
// If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
// set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
#include <SDKDDKVer.h>
60 Day Free Trial or Visit ByteScout Premium Suite Home Page
Explore ByteScout Premium Suite Documentation
Explore Samples
Sign Up for ByteScout Premium Suite Online Training
Get Your API Key
Explore Web API Docs
Explore Web API Samples
60 Day Free Trial or Visit ByteScout Premium Suite Home Page
Explore ByteScout Premium Suite Documentation
Explore Samples
Sign Up for ByteScout Premium Suite Online Training
Get Your API Key
Explore Web API Docs
Explore Web API Samples
also available as: