PDFCompatibilityLevel Enumeration

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[SerializableAttribute()]
public enum PDFCompatibilityLevel : System.Enum

'Declaration

<SerializableAttribute()>
Public Enum PDFCompatibilityLevel 
   Inherits System.Enum

'Usage

Dim instance As PDFCompatibilityLevel

[SerializableAttribute()]
public enum class PDFCompatibilityLevel : public System.Enum

Value	Member	Description
0x00000000	Default	Default (PDF version 1.5)
0x00000001	PDF12	PDF version 1.2
0x00000002	PDF13	PDF version 1.3
0x00000003	PDF14	PDF version 1.4
0x00000004	PDFA	PDF/A
0x00000005	PDF15	PDF version 1.5

The PDFCompatibilityLevel enumeration is used by the PDFFile.CompatibilityLevel property and is used to determine which compatibility (or version) level to use when creating or updating PDF files.

The following methods of the PDFFile class will use PDFFile.CompatibilityLevel when creating new or updating existing PDF files:

This example will check the version of a PDF file and convert it to PDF 1.4 if required.

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.Pdf
Imports Leadtools.WinForms
Imports Leadtools.Svg
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing

<TestMethod> _
Public Sub PDFCompatibilityLevelExample()
   Dim sourceFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Leadtools.pdf")
   Dim destFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD_14.pdf")
   ' Check the version of the source file
   Dim fileType As PDFFileType = PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(sourceFileName, True)
   If fileType = PDFFileType.Unknown Then
      Console.WriteLine("Not a valid PDF file")
      Return
   End If

   If fileType = PDFFileType.PDF14 Then
      Console.WriteLine("Is PDF 1.4 already")
      Return
   End If

   ' Not PDF 1.4, convert
   Console.WriteLine("Converting to PDF 1.4")
   Dim file As PDFFile = New PDFFile(sourceFileName)
   file.CompatibilityLevel = PDFCompatibilityLevel.PDF14
   file.Convert(1, -1, destFileName)
End Sub

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.Controls;
using Leadtools.Drawing;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
using Leadtools.Pdf;
using Leadtools.Svg;
using Leadtools.WinForms;

[TestMethod]
public void PDFCompatibilityLevelExample()
{
   string sourceFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"Leadtools.pdf");
   string destFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD_14.pdf");
   // Check the version of the source file
   PDFFileType fileType = PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(sourceFileName, true);
   if (fileType == PDFFileType.Unknown)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Not a valid PDF file");
      return;
   }

   if (fileType == PDFFileType.PDF14)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Is PDF 1.4 already");
      return;
   }

   // Not PDF 1.4, convert
   Console.WriteLine("Converting to PDF 1.4");
   PDFFile file = new PDFFile(sourceFileName);
   file.CompatibilityLevel = PDFCompatibilityLevel.PDF14;
   file.Convert(1, -1, destFileName);
}

static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         Leadtools.Pdf.PDFCompatibilityLevel

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Reference

Leadtools.Pdf Namespace