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

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Quickly learn how to find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with this sample source code. ByteScout Premium Suite: the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can find table in pdf and extract as xml with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance
        Dim xmlExtractor As New XMLExtractor()
        xmlExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
        xmlExtractor.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

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

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

		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 XML extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
                    xmlExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation)
                    ' Export the table to XML file
                    xmlExtractor.SavePageXMLToFile(i, "page-" + i.ToString() + "-table-" + t.ToString() + ".xml")
                    t = t + 1
                Loop While tableDetector.FindNextTable()
            End If
        Next

        ' Cleanup
		xmlExtractor.Dispose()
		tableDetector.Dispose()

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

	End Sub
End Class