How to extract text from PDF by pages in C#, VB.NET and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK

Check the samples below to learn how to extract text from PDF by pages in C#, VB.NET and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK.

With PDF Extractor SDK, you can also extract separate pages from PDF.

Select your programming language:

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

How to extract text from PDF by pages in C#

using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

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

			// Load sample PDF document
			extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf");

			// Get page count
			int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

			for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
			{
				string fileName = "page" + i + ".txt";
				
				// Save extracted page text to file
				extractor.SavePageTextToFile(i, fileName);
			}

			// Open first output file in default associated application
			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page1.txt");
		}
	}
}

How to extract text from PDF by pages in Visual Basic .NET

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()

		For i As Integer = 0 To pageCount - 1
			Dim fileName As String = "page" & i & ".txt"

			' Save extracted page text to file
			extractor.SavePageTextToFile(i, fileName)
		Next

		' Open first output file in default associated application
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page1.txt")
	End Sub
End Class

How to extract text from PDF by pages in VBScript (Visual Basic 6)

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\sample2.pdf")

' Get page count
pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount()
		
For i = 0 To pageCount - 1
	fileName = "page" & i & ".txt"

	' Save extracted page text to file
	extractor.SavePageTextToFile i, fileName
Next

' Open first output file in default associated application
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "page0.txt", 1, false
Set shell = Nothing

Set extractor = Nothing