ConvertToPDFA Method

Visual Basic
C#
Objective-C
Java
C++

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 (Nothing in Visual Basic) then the file name set in FileName will be updated.

To use this method, associate this PDFFile object with a valid PDF file and optional password. You can achieve this by either using the PDFFile(string fileName) or PDFFile(string fileName, string password) constructurs or set the file name and optional password directly into the FileName and Password properties. You do not need to call Load before using this method.

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

DocumentProperties. If the value of this property is null (Nothing in Visual Basic), 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.

Visual Basic
C#
WinRT C#
WinRT JavaScript
Silverlight C#
Silverlight VB

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.Pdf
Imports Leadtools.WinForms

Public Sub PDFFileConvertToPDFAExample()
   Dim sourceFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD.pdf")
   Dim destinationFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD_pdfa.pdf")

   ' Show the source file type
   Dim fileType As PDFFileType = PDFFile.GetPDFFileType(sourceFileName, True)
   Console.WriteLine("Source file is {0}", fileType)

   Dim pdfFileObj As New PDFFile(sourceFileName)
   pdfFileObj.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.Pdf;
using Leadtools.WinForms;

public void PDFFileConvertToPDFAExample()
{
   string sourceFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD.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