ConvertToPDFA Method

Summary

Converts the file associated with this PDFFile object to PDF/A.

Syntax

C++/CLI

Java

Python

public void ConvertToPDFA( 
   string destinationFileName 
)

public void convertToPDFA( 
   java.lang.String string 
);

public: 
void ConvertToPDFA(  
   String^ destinationFileName 
)

def ConvertToPDFA(self,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.

Remarks

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.

Example

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

using Leadtools.WinForms; 
using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Controls; 
using Leadtools.Drawing; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.Pdf; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
 
 
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:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images"; 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

PDFFile Class

PDFFile Members

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