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How to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Premium Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in VB.NET.Writing of the code to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET can be executed by programmers of any level using ByteScout Premium Suite. 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 text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk using VB.NET.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Premium Suite for VB.NET plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to extract text from page area in pdf with pdf extractor sdk. This VB.NET sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.Drawing
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("sample2.pdf")

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

        ' Iterate through pages
        For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1

            ' Define rectangle location to extract from
            Dim location As RectangleF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 200, 200)

            ' Set extraction area
            extractor.SetExtractionArea(location)

            ' Extract text from the extraction area
            Dim text As String = extractor.GetTextFromPage(i)

            Console.WriteLine("Extracted from page #" + i.ToString() + ":")
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine(text)

            ' Reset the extraction area
            extractor.ResetExtractionArea()

            Console.WriteLine()

        Next

        ' Cleanup
		extractor.Dispose()


        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...")
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub
End Class