Using FineReader in VBA

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In my workplace we get a lot of invoices which we process using Abbyy 11. The images are basically tables with financial data. I have some understanding of VBA and have been using it to gain time. I googled a lot but could not find any help on how to use FineReader in VBA. I have seen that the reference box has it and if I use CreateObject("FineReader.Application"), it does create an instance of finereader but after that I am stuck. I have searched a lot but found nothing useful. Looking for some help here.

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ABBYY FineReader Professional & Corporate Edition are a desktop application, designed to be used interactively by user input, with little-to-none integration and automation capabilities. From API you can invoke it, open images, initiate recognition. The rest of the process needs to be finished manually.

I answered a similar question about FineReader automation here: Saving Converted OCRed File using ABBYY in commandLine

On another subject, there are much more automated tools for consistent table capture and especially for Invoice capture. If you are processing a few, then FineReader can work via manual processing. If you are processing a few thousand Invoices, then I would use a better-suited package.