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How to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Premium Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

ByteScout simple and easy to understand tutorials are planned to describe the code for both VB.NET beginners and advanced programmers. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can be applied to convert protected pdf document to xls with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor
Imports System.Diagnostics

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XLSExtractor instance

        Dim extractor As New XLSExtractor()
        extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        File.Delete("output.xls")

        ''' Document Password Can be set in two ways
        ''' 1. Using Property
        ''' 2. Using Events

        ' 1. Handle document password using Property
        ' extractor.Password = "password"

        ' 2. Handle document password using Event
        AddHandler extractor.PasswordRequired, New System.EventHandler(AddressOf extractor_PasswordRequired)

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("encrypted (password is 'password').pdf")

        ' Uncomment this line if you need all pages converted into a single worksheet:
        'extractor.PageToWorksheet = False

        ' Set the output format to XLS
        extractor.OutputFormat = SpreadseetOutputFormat.XLS

        ' Save the spreadsheet to file
        extractor.SaveToXLSFile("output.xls")

        ' Cleanup
        extractor.Dispose()

        ' Open result file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        Process.Start("output.xls")

    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub extractor_PasswordRequired(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

        ' Ask user for password and put it to `Password` property.
        CType(sender, XLSExtractor).Password = "password"

    End Sub
End Class