ConvertToPDFA Method

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public void ConvertToPDFA( 
   string destinationFileName
)

'Declaration

Public Sub ConvertToPDFA( _
   ByVal destinationFileName As String _
)

'Usage

Dim instance As PDFFile
Dim destinationFileName As String
 
instance.ConvertToPDFA(destinationFileName)

public:
void ConvertToPDFA( 
   String^ destinationFileName
)

Parameters

destinationFileName: Name of the destination PDF file to be created. If the value of this parameter is null, then the filename set in FileName will be updated.

To use this method, associate the PDFFile object with a valid PDF filename and optional password. Do this by either using the PDFFile(string fileName) or PDFFile(string fileName, string password) constructors or set the filename and optional password directly by setting the FileName and Password properties. It is not necessary to call Load before using this method.

This method will use the following properties of the PDFFile object:

DocumentProperties. If the value of this property is null, then default properties will be used.

The following properties are not used by this method:

SecurityOptions. You cannot create encrypted PDF/A files
CompatibilityLevel. Since it is implied a PDF/A version will be generated

This method allows a quick way to convert a PDF file to PDF/A. To convert a PDF file to any version, use Convert.

This example will convert a PDF file to PDF/A.

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

<TestMethod> _
Public Sub PDFFileConvertToPDFAExample()
   Dim sourceFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Leadtools.pdf")
   Dim destinationFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD_pdfa.pdf")
   ' Show the source file type
   Dim fileType As PDFFileType = Pdf.PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(sourceFileName, True)
   Console.WriteLine("Source file is {0}", fileType)

   Dim pdfFile As PDFFile = New PDFFile(sourceFileName)
   pdfFile.ConvertToPDFA(destinationFileName)

   ' Show the converted file type, it should be PDF 1.4, and when you open it in
   ' in Adobe Acrobat, it should open as PDF/A
   fileType = pdfFile.GetPDFFileType(destinationFileName, True)
   Console.WriteLine("Destination file is {0}", fileType)
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 PDFFileConvertToPDFAExample()
{
   string sourceFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"Leadtools.pdf");
   string destinationFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD_pdfa.pdf");
   // Show the source file type
   PDFFileType fileType = PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(sourceFileName, true);
   Console.WriteLine("Source file is {0}", fileType);

   PDFFile pdfFile = new PDFFile(sourceFileName);
   pdfFile.ConvertToPDFA(destinationFileName);

   // Show the converted file type, it should be PDF 1.4, and when you open it in
   // in Adobe Acrobat, it should open as PDF/A
   fileType = PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(destinationFileName, true);
   Console.WriteLine("Destination file is {0}", fileType);
}

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

Target Platforms

Reference

PDFFile Class
PDFFile Members