Load Unicode CSV to DataTable using OLEDB - VB.NET
PDF Extractor SDK sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Load Unicode CSV to DataTable using OLEDB’
Module1.vb
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.IO
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor
Namespace ConsoleApplication1
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            Dim inputDocument As String = Path.GetFullPath(".\UnicodeSample.pdf")
            Dim csvFilePath As String = Path.ChangeExtension(inputDocument, ".csv")
            Dim csvFileName As String = Path.GetFileName(csvFilePath)
            Dim csvDirectory As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetFullPath(csvFilePath))
            ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.CSVExtractor instance
            Using extractor As CSVExtractor = New CSVExtractor("demo", "demo")
                extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputDocument)
                extractor.CSVSeparatorSymbol = ","
                Dim csvText As String = extractor.GetCSV()
                ' Save csv text in UTF-8 encoding without BOM (byte order mark):
                File.WriteAllText(csvFilePath, csvText)
            End Using
            ' Please Note: Target the project to x86 because Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 driver is 32-bit only.
            Using connection As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection($"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=""{csvDirectory}"";Extended Properties=""Text;FMT=$;HDR=No;CharacterSet=65001""")
                Using command As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand($"select * from [{csvFileName}]", connection)
                    Using adapter As OleDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter(command)
                        Dim table As DataTable = New DataTable()
                        table.Locale = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture
                        adapter.Fill(table)
                        Console.WriteLine($"Loaded {table.Rows.Count} lines.")
                    End Using
                End Using
            End Using
            Console.ReadKey()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
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