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PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for the digital preservation of electronic documents.

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Combine two PDF-a documents using ITextSharp

hoping that someone can see the flaw in my code to merge to PDF-a documents using ITextSharp. Currently it complains about missing metadata which PDF-a requires. Document document = new Document(); MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); using…
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Extracting embedded XML File from PDF A/3 using abcpdf in C# - ZUGFeRD

I'm currently working with the new German ZUGFeRD files. These are PDF A/3 files who have an embedded XML file in them which contains data. I want to extract this XML file from the PDF A/3 using abcpdf 8.1 with C#. Any idea how to do this ? Thanks a…
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Convert PDF to PDF/A-1

I know this probably is not strictly a programming-question (well maybe it is, i don't know) but i'm having serious problems trying to convert a regular pdf (with hyperlinks, bookmarks, images, embedded fonts etc.) into a PDF/A-1 format. I get all…
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How to programmaticaly construct PDFs with PDF/A format

I need to write a NET application that will take various data from databases and construct a PDF which must be in PDF/A format because of the companies standards. So far I have looked at PDFSharp and iTextSharp I see a topic in PDFSharp forums…
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How to convert PDF to PDF/A using free and open source library?

How to convert PDF to PDF/A using free and open source library? This is my code which convert word to pdf, I want to generate PDFA format pdf (A-4 standard is preferrable) code: @GetMapping(value = ["/generate-pdf"], produces =…
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" A device-specific color space (DeviceGray) without an appropriate output intent is used" when using XSL-FO for PDF validation

I was asked to generate a PDF type A-3 using XSL-FO with Apache FOP configuration. The PDF is already generated but it can't be validated error : A device-specific color space (DeviceGray) without an appropriate output intent is used. I think the…
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Any open source library available in Java for converting PDF to PDF/A file?

What open-source Java library can I use to convert PDF files to PDF/A format?
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How to convert PDF to PDF/A-1a using ghostscript? What conditions are needed to convert to PDF/A-1a?

I already did a lot of research and realized that clear information about "How to generate PDF/A-1a" or "...convert to PDF/A-1a" is really rare. I found some information to convert to PDF/A-1a via GhostScript, but I didn't make it to get it working.…
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Text extraction from a pdf / a

Do you know any library that allows me to extract the text of a type A pdf to read it in PHP? I have tried many libraries but none of them have been able to read the content I need help
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PDFBox 2 does not create PDF/A file

I'm trying to create a PDF/A file using PDFBox 2. My code is based on the exmpale code here. The code runs wihtout errors. But if I validate the file using callas pdfPilot and veraPDF there is no XMP metadata and no PDF/A version info. Also the PDF…
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How to know if a document claims to be in PDF/A using itext7

I had a function written using iText v5 and I'm trying to update it to use iText v7. The function checks if a document claims to be PDF/A (I know iText is not a PDF/A Validatior, I just need to know if it declares to be). The implementation in v5…
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How to check PDF/A conformance of existing document with iText 7?

I'm trying to check the conformance (PDF/A-1B) of an existing PDF document with iText. Unfortunately it only checks the conformance for newly created elements in document but ignores existing parts of document. byte[] pdf = ...; // pdf document…
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FO to PDF/a Conversion with Apache FOP Java Library

I'm trying to convert .fo files to PDF/a with Apache FOP 2.1 with the exemple code given in the documentation. I managed to convert the helloworld.fo file into PDF but, when I tried to convert it into PDF/a file I get this…
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iText digital signature corrupts PDF/A 2b

When digitally signing document with itext v5.5.11 PDF/A-2b documents get corrupted - meaning they are no longer valid as PDF/A documents. Following rule is…
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Can Crystal Reports generate documents in PDF/A file format?

We are looking for a solution to generate documents in PDF/A format for sharing and also archiving purpose. I checked the description of ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, however it just say PDF file. Can the Crystal Reports generate PDF/A…
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