Convert PDF to PDF/A

How to Convert PDF to PDF/A Documents

Use Adobe PDF Library to convert PDF files to PDF/A for archiving and long-term storage, ensuring all metadata, graphics and text file formatting stays intact. PDF/A supports embedded digital signatures to safeguard file integrity. Adobe PDF Library creates PDF/A documents that conform to ZUGFeRD document standards.

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					DURING
        APDFLDoc inAPDoc(csInputFileName.c_str(), true); // Open the input document, repairing it if necessary.

		destFilePath =
			ASFileSysCreatePathName(NULL, ASAtomFromString("Cstring"), csOutputFileName.c_str(), NULL);

        gPDFProcessorHFT = InitPDFProcessorHFT;

        if (PDFProcessorInitialize()) {
            ASInt32 res = false;

            //Initialize the Conversion Parameters:
            PDFProcessorPDFAConvertParamsRec userParams;
            memset(&userParams, 0x0, sizeof(PDFProcessorPDFAConvertParamsRec));
            userParams.size = sizeof(PDFProcessorPDFAConvertParamsRec);

            userParams.noValidationErrors = true;

            res = PDFProcessorConvertAndSaveToPDFA(inAPDoc.getPDDoc(), destFilePath,
                ASGetDefaultFileSys(), kPDFProcessorConvertToPDFA3uRGB, &userParams);
        }
    
    HANDLER
        errCode = ERRORCODE;
        lib.displayError(errCode);
    END_HANDLER

    // Terminate PDFProcessor plugin
    PDFProcessorTerminate();

				
					using (var doc = new Document(sInput))

	{
		// Make a conversion parameters object
		PDFAConvertParams pdfaParams = new PDFAConvertParams()
		{
			ValidateImplementationLimitsOfDocument = true,
		};
		

		// Create a PDF/A compliant version of the document
		PDFAConvertResult pdfaResult = doc.CloneAsPDFADocument(PDFAConvertType.RGB3u, pdfaParams);
		

		// The conversion may have failed: we must check if the result has a valid Document
		if (pdfaResult.PDFADocument != null)
		{


			//Save the result.
			pdfaResult.PDFADocument.Save(pdfaResult.PDFASaveFlags, sOutput);
		}
	}

Java

				
					Document doc = new Document(sInput);

	// Make a conversion parameters object
	PDFAConvertParams pdfaParams = new PDFAConvertParams()
	{{
		setValidateImplementationLimitsOfDocument(true);
	}};


	// Create a PDF/A compliant version of the document
	PDFAConvertResult pdfaResult = doc.cloneAsPDFADocument(PDFAConvertType.RGB_3U, pdfaParams);


	// The conversion may have failed: we must check if the result has a valid Document
	if (pdfaResult.getPDFADocument() != null)


		//Save the result.
		pdfaResult.getPDFADocument().save(pdfaResult.getPDFASaveFlags(), sOutput);
	}

	doc.delete();