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Create Custom Template - VBScript and VB6

Document Parser SDK sample in VBScript and VB6 demonstrating ‘Create Custom Template’

CustomTemplate.vbs
' This example demonstrates data parsing from an invoice using the custom template.

customTemplate = ".\SampleTemplate.yml"
inputDocument = ".\SampleInvoice.pdf"

' Create DocumentParser object
Set documentParser = CreateObject("Bytescout.DocumentParser.DocumentParser")
documentParser.RegistrationName = "demo"
documentParser.RegistrationKey = "demo"

' Load custom template
documentParser.AddTemplate customTemplate

' Parse invoice data in JSON format
documentParser.ParseDocument inputDocument, "output1.json", 0 ' 0 = OutputFormat.JSON


WScript.Echo "Parsed data saved as 'output1.json'."

Set documentParser = Nothing


SampleTemplate.yml
templateName: My Custom Template
templateVersion: 4
templatePriority: 0
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Your Company Name
  - Invoice No\.
  - TOTAL
objects:
- name: total
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: TOTAL{{Spaces}}{{Number}}
    dataType: decimal
    pageIndex: 0
- name: dateIssued
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: Invoice Date {{SmartDate}}
    dataType: date
    dateFormat: auto-mdy
    pageIndex: 0
- name: invoiceId
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: Invoice No. {{Digits}}
    pageIndex: 0
- name: companyName
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: Vendor Company
    pageIndex: 0
- name: billTo
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: rectangle
    rectangle:
    - 32.25
    - 150
    - 348
    - 70.5
    pageIndex: 0
- name: notes
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: rectangle
    rectangle:
    - 32.25
    - 227.25
    - 531
    - 47.25
    pageIndex: 0
- name: table1
  objectType: table
  tableProperties:
    start:
      expression: Item\s+Quantity\s+Price\s+Total
      regex: true
    end:
      expression: TOTAL
      regex: true
    row:
      expression: ^\s*(?<description>\w+.*)(?<quantity>\d+)\s+(?<unitPrice>\d+\.\d{2})\s+(?<itemTotal>\d+\.\d{2})\s*$
      regex: true


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