Developer's Guide

PDF/A Converter

.NET plugin converts PDF documents into the PDF/A format, ensuring that your content remains compliant with long-term archiving standards

Dec 3, 2024

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PDF/A Converter

The tasqize PDF/A Converter for .NET is a powerful tool designed to convert PDF documents into the PDF/A format, ensuring that your content remains compliant with long-term archiving standards. This plugin also supports validating existing PDF documents for PDF/A compliance, offering both conversion and validation features in a single solution.

Key Features:

  • Convert to PDF/A: Seamlessly transform PDF files into the PDF/A format (such as PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-3b) to ensure compliance with archiving standards.
  • Validate PDF/A Compliance: Check existing PDF documents for conformance with PDF/A standards and identify issues if they do not comply.
  • Batch Processing: Process multiple files at once for conversion or validation.
  • Efficient Workflow: Minimize time and effort with fast and reliable conversion processes.

How to Convert PDF to PDF/A

To convert a PDF document into PDF/A format, follow these steps:

  1. Create an instance of the PdfAConverter class.
  2. Create an instance of PdfAConvertOptions to configure the conversion.
  3. Specify the desired PDF/A version (e.g., PDF/A-3B).
  4. Add the input PDF file using the AddInput method.
  5. Add the output file for the resulting PDF/A using the AddOutput method.
  6. Call the Process method to execute the conversion.
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 1var pdfAConverter = new PdfAConverter();
 2var pdfAOptions = new PdfAConvertOptions
 3{
 4    PdfAVersion = PdfAStandardVersion.PDF_A_3B
 5};
 6
 7// Add the input PDF file
 8pdfAOptions.AddInput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\input.pdf"));
 9
10// Specify the output PDF/A file
11pdfAOptions.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\output_pdfa.pdf"));
12
13// Process the conversion
14pdfAConverter.Process(pdfAOptions);

Validating PDF/A Compliance

You can validate existing PDF files for PDF/A compliance using the PdfAValidateOptions class.

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 1var pdfAConverter = new PdfAConverter();
 2var validationOptions = new PdfAValidateOptions
 3{
 4    PdfAVersion = PdfAStandardVersion.PDF_A_1A
 5};
 6
 7// Add the PDF file to be validated
 8validationOptions.AddInput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\input.pdf"));
 9
10// Run the validation process
11var resultContainer = pdfAConverter.Process(validationOptions);
12
13// Check the validation result
14var validationResult = (PdfAValidationResult)resultContainer.ResultCollection[0].Data;
15Console.WriteLine("PDF/A Validation Passed: " + validationResult.IsValid);

Batch Processing for PDF/A Conversion

This plugin supports batch processing, allowing you to convert or validate multiple PDF files for PDF/A compliance at once.

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 1var pdfAConverter = new PdfAConverter();
 2var pdfAOptions = new PdfAConvertOptions
 3{
 4    PdfAVersion = PdfAStandardVersion.PDF_A_3B
 5};
 6
 7// Add multiple input PDFs
 8pdfAOptions.AddInput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\file1.pdf"));
 9pdfAOptions.AddInput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\file2.pdf"));
10
11// Specify output files for the converted PDF/As
12pdfAOptions.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\file1_pdfa.pdf"));
13pdfAOptions.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(@"C:\Samples\file2_pdfa.pdf"));
14
15// Process the batch conversion
16pdfAConverter.Process(pdfAOptions);