How to convert PDF to XML in C#, VB.NET, and VBScript using PDF Extractor SDK

This article shows how to convert a PDF document to XML in C#, VB.NET, and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK.

You may check these tutorials also to learn how to convert PDF to XLS or CSV.

Select your programming language:

• C#
• Visual Basic .NET
• VBScript (Visual Basic 6)

How to convert PDF to XML in C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance
            XMLExtractor extractor = new XMLExtractor();
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf");

            extractor.SaveXMLToFile("output.XML");

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Data has been extracted to 'output.XML' file.");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue and open XML in default XML viewer...");
            Console.ReadKey();

            Process.Start("output.XML");
        }
    }
}

How to convert PDF to XML in Visual Basic .NET

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor
Imports System.Diagnostics

Namespace ConsoleApplication1
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance
            Dim extractor As New XMLExtractor()
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

            ' Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf")

            extractor.SaveXMLToFile("output.XML")

            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine("Data has been extracted to 'output.XML' file.")
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue and open XML in default XML viewer...")
            Console.ReadKey()

            Process.Start("output.XML")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

How to convert PDF to XML in VBScript (Visual Basic 6)

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor object
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor")

extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile "../../sample3.pdf"

extractor.SaveXMLToFile "output.XML"

MsgBox "Data has been extracted to 'output.xml' file."