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How to find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Premium Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

Find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk is simple to apply in VB.NET if you use these source codes below. 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 find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! This basic programming language sample code for VB.NET will do the whole work for you to find table in pdf and extract as csv with pdf extractor sdk.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program
	Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())

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

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

        ' We should define what kind of tables we should detect.
        ' So we set min required number of columns to 3 ...
        tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 3
        ' ... and we set min required number of rows to 3
        tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 3

        ' Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders.
        tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables

		' Load sample PDF document
        csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf")
        tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(".\sample3.pdf")

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

        ' Iterate through pages
		For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1
            Dim t As Integer = 1
            ' Find first table and continue if found
            If (tableDetector.FindTable(i)) Then
                Do
                    ' Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
                    csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation)
                    ' Export the table to CSV file
                    csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, "page-" + i.ToString() + "-table-" + t.ToString() + ".csv")
                    t = t + 1
                Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable()
            End If
        Next

        ' Cleanup
		csvExtractor.Dispose()
		tableDetector.Dispose()

        ' Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page-0-table-1.csv")

	End Sub
End Class