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How to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example VB.NET source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. What is ByteScout Premium Suite? It is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can help you to index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Premium Suite works best when you need to quickly index pdf files with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! Applying VB.NET application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

The trial version of ByteScout Premium Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for VB.NET and other programming languages.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

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

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

        ' List all PDF files in directory
        For Each file As String In Directory.GetFiles("..\..\..\..", "*.pdf")
            infoExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(file)

            Console.WriteLine("File Name:      " & Path.GetFileName(file))
            Console.WriteLine("Page Count:     " & infoExtractor.GetPageCount())
            Console.WriteLine("Author:         " & infoExtractor.Author)
            Console.WriteLine("Title:          " & infoExtractor.Title)
            Console.WriteLine("Producer:       " & infoExtractor.Producer)
            Console.WriteLine("Subject:        " & infoExtractor.Subject)
            Console.WriteLine("CreationDate:   " & infoExtractor.CreationDate)
            Console.WriteLine("Text (2 lines): ")

            textExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(file)
            Using stringReader As New StringReader(textExtractor.GetTextFromPage(0))
                Console.WriteLine(stringReader.ReadLine())
                Console.WriteLine(stringReader.ReadLine())
            End Using
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next

        ' Cleanup
        infoExtractor.Dispose()
        textExtractor.Dispose()

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
End Class