Convert only tables from PDF to Excel in C# and VB .Net

Convert only tables from PDF to Excel in C# and VB .Net.


Complete code.

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Sample
{
    class Sample
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string pathToPdf = @"..\..\Table.pdf";
            string pathToExcel = Path.ChangeExtension(pathToPdf, ".xls");

            // Convert only tables from PDF to XLS spreadsheet and skip all textual data.
            SautinSoft.PdfFocus f = new SautinSoft.PdfFocus();
            
	    	// This property is necessary only for registered version
		    //f.Serial = "XXXXXXXXXXX";

            // 'true' = Convert all data to spreadsheet (tabular and even textual).
            // 'false' = Skip textual data and convert only tabular (tables) data.
            f.ExcelOptions.ConvertNonTabularDataToSpreadsheet = false;

            // 'true'  = Preserve original page layout.
            // 'false' = Place tables before text.
            f.ExcelOptions.PreservePageLayout = true;

            // The information includes the names for the culture, the writing system, 
            // the calendar used, the sort order of strings, and formatting for dates and numbers.
            System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
            ci.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = ",";
            ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = ".";
            f.ExcelOptions.CultureInfo = ci;

            f.OpenPdf(pathToPdf);

            if (f.PageCount > 0)
            {
                int result = f.ToExcel(pathToExcel);
                
                // Open the resulted Excel workbook.
                if (result==0)
                {
                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathToExcel);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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            Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports SautinSoft

Module Sample

    Sub Main()
        Dim pathToPdf As String = "..\Table.pdf"
        Dim pathToExcel As String = Path.ChangeExtension(pathToPdf, ".xls")

        ' Convert only tables from PDF to XLS spreadsheet and skip all textual data.
        Dim f As New SautinSoft.PdfFocus()

        ' This property is necessary only for registered version
        'f.Serial = "XXXXXXXXXXX";

        ' 'true' = Convert all data to spreadsheet (tabular and even textual).
        ' 'false' = Skip textual data and convert only tabular (tables) data.
        f.ExcelOptions.ConvertNonTabularDataToSpreadsheet = False

        ' 'true'  = Preserve original page layout.
        ' 'false' = Place tables before text.
        f.ExcelOptions.PreservePageLayout = True

        ' The information includes the names for the culture, the writing system, 
        ' the calendar used, the sort order of strings, and formatting for dates and numbers.
        Dim ci As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US")
        ci.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = ","
        ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = "."
        f.ExcelOptions.CultureInfo = ci

        f.OpenPdf(pathToPdf)

        If f.PageCount > 0 Then
            Dim result As Integer = f.ToExcel(pathToExcel)

            ' Open the resulted Excel workbook.
            If result = 0 Then
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathToExcel)
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Module

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