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/DynaPDF/PDF-A/Create PDFA


Required plugins for this example: MBS DynaPDF Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /DynaPDF/PDF-A/Create PDFA

This example is the version from Wed, 28th Dec 2021.

Project "Create PDFA.xojo_binary_project"
FileTypes
Filetype text
Filetype icc
End FileTypes
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = ""
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "Quit"
MenuItem UntitledMenu5 = ""
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "Clear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu4 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu3 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu2 = ""
End MenuBar
Class App Inherits Application
EventHandler Sub Open() Dim pdf As New MyDynapdfMBS pdf.SetLicenseKey "Lite" // For this example you can use a Lite, Pro or Enterprise License // you need DynaPDF Pro + PDF/A extension for fixing imported PDFs and convert to PDF/A. // now make PDF dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("Create PDFA.pdf") call pdf.CreateNewPDF f call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiSubject, "My first Xojo output" call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiProducer, "Xojo test application" call pdf.SetDocInfo pdf.kdiTitle, "PDF/A Compatibility" call pdf.setPDFVersion(DynapdfMBS.kpvPDFA_2005) // set language call pdf.SetLanguage "en-US" call pdf.CreateStructureTree // We want to use top-down coordinates call pdf.SetPageCoords pdf.kpcTopDown call pdf.Append // Just set the trim box to the same value as the media box if no // better value is known. dim r as DynaPDFRectMBS = pdf.GetBBox(pdf.kpbMediaBox) call pdf.SetBBox(pdf.kpbTrimBox, r.Left, r.Bottom, r.Right, r.Top) // fonts must be in the windows format // so best copy them from a windows machine // copy the Tahoma font from Windows to the fonts folder // the font is embedded 'call pdf.AddFontSearchPath SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("fonts"),true 'call pdf.SetFont "Tahoma", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, true, pdf.kcpUnicode Call pdf.SetFont "Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, True, pdf.kcpUnicode call pdf.SetColorSpace(pdf.kcsDeviceRGB) dim co as integer = 255 call pdf.SetFillColor(co) call pdf.WriteFText(pdf.ktaCenter, "A very simple PDF/A compliant PDF file...") call pdf.EndPage dim retval as integer = pdf.CheckConformance(pdf.kctPDFA_1b_2005, 0) // pdf.kcoDefault // add missing output intent Select case retval case 1 call pdf.AddOutputIntent(FindFile("sRGB.icc")) // sRGB case 2 call pdf.AddOutputIntent(FindFile("Generic CMYK Profile.icc")) // CMYK case 3 call pdf.AddOutputIntent(FindFile("Generic Gray Profile.icc")) // Gray end Select call pdf.CloseFile f.Launch quit End EventHandler
Function FindFile(name as string) As FolderItem // Look for file in parent folders from executable on dim parent as FolderItem = app.ExecutableFile.Parent while parent<>Nil dim file as FolderItem = parent.Child(name) if file<>Nil and file.Exists then Return file end if parent = parent.Parent wend End Function
End Class
Class MyDynaPDFMBS Inherits DynaPDFMBS
EventHandler Function Error(ErrorCode as integer, ErrorMessage as string, ErrorType as integer) As integer // output all messages on the console: System.DebugLog str(ErrorCode)+": "+ErrorMessage // and display dialog: Dim d as New MessageDialog //declare the MessageDialog object Dim b as MessageDialogButton //for handling the result d.icon=MessageDialog.GraphicCaution //display warning icon d.ActionButton.Caption="Continue" d.CancelButton.Visible=True //show the Cancel button // a warning or an error? if BitAnd(ErrorType, me.kE_WARNING) = me.kE_WARNING then // if user decided to ignore, we'll ignore if IgnoreWarnings then Return 0 d.Message="A warning occurred while processing your PDF code." // we add a third button to display all warnings d.AlternateActionButton.Caption = "Ignore warnings" d.AlternateActionButton.Visible = true else d.Message="An error occurred while processing your PDF code." end if d.Explanation = str(ErrorCode)+": "+ErrorMessage b=d.ShowModal //display the dialog Select Case b //determine which button was pressed. Case d.ActionButton Return 0 // ignore Case d.AlternateActionButton IgnoreWarnings = true Return 0 // ignore Case d.CancelButton Return -1 // stop End select End EventHandler
EventHandler Function OnFontNotFound(PDFFontRef as integer, FontName as string, Style as integer, StdFontIndex as integer, IsSymbolFont as boolean) As integer // Here you could use your own mapping table. // In this example we replace the font simply with Arial if (WeightFromStyle(Style) < 500) then // Only the weights 500 and 700 of Arial are installed // by default. If you have also light variants then it is // not required to change the style. Style = BitwiseAnd(Style, &h0F) Style = BitwiseOr(Style, kfsRegular) end if return ReplaceFont(PDFFontRef, "Arial", Style, true) End EventHandler
EventHandler Function OnReplaceICCProfile(Type as integer, ColorSpace as integer) As integer // provide missing ICC Profiles to DynaPDF // The ICC profiles which should normally be configured by the user. dim filename as string Select case type case me.kictGray filename = "Generic Gray Profile.icc" case me.kictRGB filename = "Generic RGB Profile.icc" case me.kictCMYK filename = "Generic CMYK Profile.icc" case me.kictLab // not yet needed, but maybe in future filename = "Generic Lab Profile.icc" else break Return -1 // new type we don't know? end Select dim f as FolderItem = FindFile(filename) if f = nil or not f.Exists then // file missing? return -1 end if dim e as integer = ReplaceICCProfile(ColorSpace, f) if e < 0 then // failed break end if // pass along success or failure Return e End EventHandler
Function FindFile(name as string) As FolderItem // Look for file in parent folders from executable on dim parent as FolderItem = app.ExecutableFile.Parent while parent<>Nil dim file as FolderItem = parent.Child(name) if file<>Nil and file.Exists then Return file end if parent = parent.Parent wend End Function
Property IgnoreWarnings As Boolean
End Class
End Project

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