static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance
CSVExtractor extractor = new CSVExtractor();
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
// Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf");
//extractor.CSVSeparatorSymbol = ","; // you can change CSV separator symbol (if needed) from "," symbol to another if needed for non-US locales
// Get page count
int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();
for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
{
string fileName = "page" + i + ".csv";
// Save extracted page text to file
extractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, fileName);
}
// Cleanup
extractor.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Data has been extracted to separate files for pages.");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance
CSVExtractor csvExtractor = new CSVExtractor();
csvExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
csvExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector instance
TableDetector tableDetector = new TableDetector();
tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo";
tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo";
// Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders.
tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables;
// 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
csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample3.pdf");
tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample3.pdf");
// Get page count
int pageCount = tableDetector.GetPageCount();
for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
{
int t = 1;
// Find first table and continue if found
if (tableDetector.FindTable(i))
{
do
{
// Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableDetector.FoundTableLocation);
// Export the table to CSV file
csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, "page-" + i + "-table-" + t + ".csv");
t++;
}while (tableDetector.FindNextTable()); // search next table
}
}
// Cleanup
csvExtractor.Dispose();
tableDetector.Dispose();
// Open first output file in default associated application (for demo purposes)
ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("page-0-table-1.csv");
processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
Process.Start(processStartInfo);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
CSVExtractor extractor = new CSVExtractor();
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
TableDetector tdetector = new TableDetector();
tdetector.RegistrationKey = "demo";
tdetector.RegistrationName = "demo";
// we should define what kind of tables we should detect
// so we set min required number of columns to 3
tdetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 3;
// and we set min required number of columns to 3
tdetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 3;
// Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf");
tdetector.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample3.pdf");
// Get page count
int pageCount = tdetector.GetPageCount();
for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
{
int j = 1;
// find first table and continue if found
if (tdetector.FindTable(i))
{
do
{
// set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle given by table detector
extractor.SetExtractionArea(tdetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Left(),
tdetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Top(),
tdetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Width(),
tdetector.GetFoundTableRectangle_Height()
);
// and finally save the table into CSV file
extractor.SavePageCSVToFile(i, "page-" + i + "-table-" + j + ".csv");
j++;
} while (tdetector.FindNextTable()); // search next table
}
}
// Open first output file in default associated application
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("page-0-table-1.csv");
}
private void tsbExportToCSV_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Get selections from viewer
RectangleF[] selections = pdfViewerControl1.SelectionInPoints;
string outputFile = @".\result.csv";
using (CSVExtractor csvExtractor = new CSVExtractor("demo", "demo"))
{
// Load document into extractor
csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(pdfViewerControl1.InputFile);
// Enable OCR to recongize text from images
csvExtractor.OCRMode = OCRMode.Auto;
csvExtractor.OCRResolution = 300;
csvExtractor.OCRLanguage = "eng";
csvExtractor.OCRLanguageDataFolder = @"c:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\ocrdata_best\";
// There are double spaces between some words in your document.
// To avoid such words break column structure increase the space ratio to 2.
csvExtractor.DetectNewColumnBySpacesRatio = 2;
// FYI, removing horizontal lines may increase the text recognition quality in some cases
csvExtractor.OCRImagePreprocessingFilters.AddHorizontalLinesRemover();
// Another filter able to improve the recognition
//csvExtractor.OCRImagePreprocessingFilters.AddGammaCorrection();
// If selection exists set the extraction area.
// Overwise it will extract the whole page.
if (selections.Length > 0)
{
csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(selections[0]);
}
// Save extraction results to CSV files
csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex, outputFile);
}
Process.Start(outputFile);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance
CSVExtractor csvExtractor = new CSVExtractor();
csvExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
csvExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector2 instance
TableDetector2 tableDetector = new TableDetector2();
tableDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo";
tableDetector.RegistrationName = "demo";
// Load sample PDF document
csvExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample_borderless.pdf");
tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample_borderless.pdf");
// Get page count
int pageCount = tableDetector.GetPageCount();
var extractedCsvFiles = new List <string>();
for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < pageCount; pageIndex++)
{
var foundTables = tableDetector.FindTables(pageIndex).ToArray();
// Find first table and continue if found
if (foundTables.Length > 0)
{
for (int indexTable = 0; indexTable < foundTables.Length; indexTable++)
{
// Set extraction area for CSV extractor to rectangle received from the table detector
csvExtractor.SetExtractionArea(foundTables[indexTable].Bounds);
// Result CSV file name
var outputCsvName = $"page-{pageIndex + 1}-table-{indexTable + 1}.csv";
// Export the table to CSV file
csvExtractor.SavePageCSVToFile(pageIndex, outputCsvName);
extractedCsvFiles.Add(outputCsvName);
}
}
}
// Cleanup
csvExtractor.Dispose();
tableDetector.Dispose();
// Show Summary
Console.Clear();
if (extractedCsvFiles.Count > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Total {extractedCsvFiles.Count} tables found!");
Console.WriteLine("--------------------------");
Console.WriteLine(string.Join("\n", extractedCsvFiles));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No Table Found!");
}
Console.ReadLine();
}