How to extract ZUGFeRD Invoice from PDF in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET and VBScript using PDF Extractor SDK - ByteScout

How to extract ZUGFeRD Invoice from PDF in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET and VBScript using PDF Extractor SDK

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This tutorial will help you to extract ZUGFeRD Invoice from PDF in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK.

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How to extract ZUGFeRD invoice from PDF in ASP.NET

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace ExtractInfo
{
	public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
	{
		protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			// This test file will be copied to the project directory on the pre-build event (see the project properties).
			String inputFile = Server.MapPath("Beispielrechnung_ZUGFeRD_RC_COMFORT_neu.pdf");

			// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.AttachmentExtractor instance
			AttachmentExtractor extractor = new AttachmentExtractor();
			extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
			extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
			
			// Load sample PDF document
			extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);

			Response.Clear();
			Response.ContentType = "text/html";

            Response.Write("<html><body>\r\n");

            // output the attached XML file
			for (int i = 0; i < extractor.Count; i++)
			{

				Response.Write("Saving XML invoice attachment:       " + extractor.GetFileName(i) + "<br>");
                MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
				Response.Write("File size: " + extractor.GetSize(i).ToString() + "<br>");

                // optionally save XML invoice to a file
                // extractor.Save (i, extractor.GetFileName(i)); // you can save into temp folder or save to Stream object to avoid temp files

                extractor.SaveToStream(i, mem);
                mem.Position = 0; // reset the stream position
                StreamReader sreader = new StreamReader(mem);
                string XMLInvoice = sreader.ReadToEnd(); // xml invoice content

                Response.Write("<textarea rows='20' cols='80'><pre>"+ HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(XMLInvoice) + "</pre></textarea>");

			}

            Response.Write("\r\n</body></html>");

			Response.End();
		}
	}
}

How to extract ZUGFeRD invoice from PDF in C#

using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

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

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

			// extracting XML invoice which is stored as an attachment
			for (int i = 0; i < extractor.Count; i++)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Saving XML invoice attachment:\t" + extractor.GetFileName(i));
				
				// save file into the current folder
				extractor.Save(i, extractor.GetFileName(i));

				Console.WriteLine("Done.");
			}

			
			Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine("Press any key to open the XML invoice extracted...");
			Console.ReadLine();


		        // Open the invoice in default XML viewer
		        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ZUGFeRD-invoice.xml");



		}
	}
}

How to extract ZUGFeRD invoice from PDF in Visual Basic .NET

Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

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

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

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

        Dim i As Integer

	' extract the XML invoice which is stored as an attachment
        For i = 0 To extractor.Count - 1
            Console.WriteLine("Saving XML attachment:       " + extractor.GetFileName(i))
            extractor.Save(i, extractor.GetFileName(i)) ' save into the current folder
            Console.WriteLine("Done")
        Next


        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue and open XML...")
        Console.ReadLine()

        ' Open the invoice in default XML viewer        
	System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ZUGFeRD-invoice.xml")

	End Sub
End Class

How to extract ZUGFeRD invoice from PDF in VBScript (Visual Basic 6)

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


' Load sample PDF document with embedded attachments
AttachmentExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\Beispielrechnung_ZUGFeRD_RC_COMFORT_neu.pdf")


' walk through attachments and save them
For I = 0 To AttachmentExtractor.Count-1

 AttachmentExtractor.Save i, AttachmentExtractor.GetFileName (I) ' save in the current folder with original filename

Next

MsgBox "Done! Click OK to open the XML invoice"

Set extractor = Nothing

' Open ZUGFeRD invoice XML
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "ZUGFeRD-invoice.xml", 1, false
Set shell = Nothing

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