ByteScout Premium Suite – VB.NET – Extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk

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How to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET using ByteScout Premium Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Quickly learn how to extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with this sample source code. 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 extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do extract pdf to text as stream with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the VB.NET code. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VB.NET.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

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

        ' Load sample PDF document
        extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample1.pdf")

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

        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Create new stream. You can use MemoryStream or any other System.IO.Stream inheritor.
            Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream(".\page" + i.ToString() + ".txt", FileMode.Create)

            ' Save text from page to the file stream
            extractor.SavePageTextToStream(i, stream)

            ' Close stream
            stream.Dispose()

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()

        ' Open result file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(".\page1.txt")

    End Sub

End Class