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Create Custom Template | VBScript and VB6
CustomTemplate.vbs:
VB
' 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