Code samples for PDF Validator
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PDF Validator lets you check single documents or an entire batch for conformance with the ISO PDF and PDF/A standards. Here you'll find some examples of how to integrate the code in your development.
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Check if document meets PDF/A-2b compliance
1// Create the validator
2pValidator = PdfValidatorCreateObject();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!PdfValidatorOpen(pValidator, szInputPath, _T(""), ePDFA2b))
6{
7 _tprintf(_T("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PdfValidatorGetErrorMessage(pValidator), PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator));
8 iReturnValue = 1;
9 goto cleanup;
10}
11
12// Stop validation when a conformance violation found
13PdfValidatorSetStopOnError(pValidator, 1);
14
15// Validate document
16bool isCompliant = PdfValidatorValidate(pValidator);
17
18// Close input file
19PdfValidatorClose(pValidator);
20
21// Print result
22_tprintf(_T("Document is %scompliant with the PDF/A-2b standard.\n"), isCompliant ? "" : "not ");
231// Create the validator
2using (PdfValidator validator = new PdfValidator())
3{
4 // Open input file
5 if (!validator.Open(inputPath, "", PDFCompliance.ePDFA2b))
6 throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} cannot be opened. " +
7 "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, validator.ErrorMessage, validator.ErrorCode));
8
9 // Stop validation when a conformance violation found
10 validator.StopOnError = true;
11
12 // Validate document
13 bool isCompliant = validator.Validate();
14
15 // Close input file
16 validator.Close();
17
18 // Print result
19 Console.WriteLine("Document is {0}compliant with the PDF/A-2b standard.",
20 isCompliant ? "" : "not ");
21}
221// Create the validator
2validator = new PdfValidatorAPI();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!validator.open(inputPath, "", NativeLibrary.COMPLIANCE.ePDFA2b))
6 throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
7 inputPath, validator.getErrorMessage(), validator.getErrorCode()));
8
9// Stop validation when a conformance violation found
10validator.setStopOnError(true);
11
12// Validate document
13boolean isCompliant = validator.validate();
14
15// Close input file
16validator.close();
17
18// Print result
19System.out.printf("Document is%s compliant with the PDF/A-2b standard.\n",
20 isCompliant ? "" : " not");
21Quality Assurance
Check if document meets a specific compliance
1// Create the validator
2pValidator = PdfValidatorCreateObject();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!PdfValidatorOpen(pValidator, szInputPath, _T(""), iCompliance))
6{
7 _tprintf(_T("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PdfValidatorGetErrorMessage(pValidator), PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator));
8 iReturnValue = 1;
9 goto cleanup;
10}
11
12// Validate document
13// If true, the PDF is compliant to the specified compliance level.
14// If false, the validation either aborted or the PDF is not compliant to
15// the specified compliance level.
16if (!PdfValidatorValidate(pValidator))
17{
18 if (PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator) == PDF_E_CONFORMANCE)
19 {
20 _tprintf(_T("Document %s is not %s compliant.\n"), szInputPath, szCompliance);
21
22 // Print compliance violations
23 pCurrError = PdfValidatorGetFirstError(pValidator);
24 while (pCurrError != NULL)
25 {
26 int nBufSize = PdfValidatorErrorGetMessage(pCurrError, NULL, 0);
27 TCHAR* szErrorBuff = malloc(nBufSize*sizeof(TCHAR));
28 PdfValidatorErrorGetMessage(pCurrError, szErrorBuff, nBufSize);
29 _tprintf(_T("Page: %d, Object: %d, %s\n"), PdfValidatorErrorGetPageNo(pCurrError), PdfValidatorErrorGetObjectNo(pCurrError), szErrorBuff);
30 pCurrError = PdfValidatorGetNextError(pValidator);
31 free(szErrorBuff);
32 }
33 }
34 else
35 {
36 _tprintf(_T("Validation of %s was aborted. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PdfValidatorGetErrorMessage(pValidator), PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator));
37 }
38}
39else
40{
41 _tprintf(_T("Document %s is %s compliant.\n"), szInputPath, szCompliance);
42}
43
44// Close input file
45PdfValidatorClose(pValidator);
461// Create the validator
2using (PdfValidator validator = new PdfValidator())
3{
4 // Open input file
5 if (!validator.Open(inputPath, "", complianceLevel))
6 throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} cannot be opened. " +
7 "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, validator.ErrorMessage, validator.ErrorCode));
8
9 // Validate document
10 // If true, the PDF is compliant to the specified compliance level.
11 // If false, the validation either aborted or the PDF is not compliant to
12 // the specified compliance level.
13 if (!validator.Validate())
14 {
15 if (validator.ErrorCode == PDFErrorCode.PDF_E_CONFORMANCE)
16 {
17 Console.WriteLine("Document {0} is not {1} compliant.", inputPath,
18 compliance);
19
20 // Print compliance violations
21 PdfError currError = validator.GetFirstError();
22 while (currError != null)
23 {
24 Console.WriteLine("Page: {0}, Object: {1}, {2}", currError.PageNo,
25 currError.ObjectNo, currError.Message);
26 currError = validator.GetNextError();
27 }
28 }
29 else
30 throw new Exception(String.Format("Validation of {0} was aborted. {1} " +
31 "(ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, validator.ErrorMessage, validator.ErrorCode));
32 }
33 else
34 Console.WriteLine("Document {0} is {1} compliant.", inputPath, compliance);
35
36 // Close input file
37 validator.Close();
38}
391// Create the validator
2validator = new PdfValidatorAPI();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!validator.open(inputPath, "", complianceLevel))
6 throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
7 inputPath, validator.getErrorMessage(), validator.getErrorCode()));
8
9// Validate document
10// If true, the PDF is compliant to the specified compliance level.
11// If false, the validation either aborted or the PDF is not compliant to
12// the specified compliance level.
13if (!validator.validate())
14{
15 if (validator.getErrorCode() == NativeLibrary.ERRORCODE.PDF_E_CONFORMANCE)
16 {
17 System.out.printf("Document %s is not %s compliant.\n", inputPath, compliance);
18
19 // Print compliance violations
20 PdfError currError = validator.getFirstError();
21 while (currError != null)
22 {
23 System.out.printf("Page: %d, Object: %s, %s\n", currError.getPageNo(),
24 currError.getObjectNo(), currError.getMessage());
25 currError = validator.getNextError();
26 }
27 }
28 else
29 throw new IOException(String.format("Validation of %s was aborted. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
30 inputPath, validator.getErrorMessage(), validator.getErrorCode()));
31}
32else
33 System.out.printf("Document %s is %s compliant.\n", inputPath, compliance);
34
35// Close input file
36validator.close();
37Check if document satisfies custom profile
1// Create the validator
2pValidator = PdfValidatorCreateObject();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!PdfValidatorOpen(pValidator, szInputPath, _T(""), ePDFA2b))
6{
7 _tprintf(_T("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szInputPath, PdfValidatorGetErrorMessage(pValidator), PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator));
8 iReturnValue = 1;
9 goto cleanup;
10}
11
12// Set custom profile
13if (!PdfValidatorSetProfile(pValidator, szProfilePath))
14{
15 _tprintf(_T("Setting custom validation profile %s failed. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).\n"), szProfilePath, PdfValidatorGetErrorMessage(pValidator), PdfValidatorGetErrorCode(pValidator));
16 iReturnValue = 1;
17 goto cleanup;
18}
19
20// Validate document, i.e. check if document satisfies requirements specified in custom profile
21bool isCompliant = PdfValidatorValidate(pValidator);
22
23// Close input file
24PdfValidatorClose(pValidator);
25
26// Print result
27_tprintf(_T("Document is %scompliant to custom profile.\n"), isCompliant ? "" : "not ");
281// Create the validator
2using (PdfValidator validator = new PdfValidator())
3{
4 // Open input file
5 if (!validator.Open(inputPath, "", PDFCompliance.ePDFA2b))
6 throw new Exception(String.Format("Input file {0} cannot be opened. " +
7 "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", inputPath, validator.ErrorMessage, validator.ErrorCode));
8
9 // Set custom profile
10 if (!validator.SetProfile(profilePath))
11 throw new Exception(String.Format("Setting custom validation profile {0} failed. " +
12 "{1} (ErrorCode: 0x{2:x}).", profilePath, validator.ErrorMessage, validator.ErrorCode));
13
14 // Validate document, i.e. check if document satisfies requirements specified in custom profile
15 bool isCompliant = validator.Validate();
16
17 // Close input file
18 validator.Close();
19
20 // Print result
21 Console.WriteLine("Document is {0}compliant to custom profile.", isCompliant ? "" : "not ");
22}
231// Create the validator
2validator = new PdfValidatorAPI();
3
4// Open input file
5if (!validator.open(inputPath, "", NativeLibrary.COMPLIANCE.ePDFA2b))
6 throw new IOException(String.format("Input file %s cannot be opened. %s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).",
7 inputPath, validator.getErrorMessage(), validator.getErrorCode()));
8
9// Set custom profile
10if (!validator.setProfile(profilePath))
11 throw new Exception(String.format("Setting custom validation profile %s failed. " +
12 "%s (ErrorCode: 0x%08x).", profilePath, validator.getErrorMessage(),
13 validator.getErrorCode()));
14
15// Validate document, i.e. check if document satisfies requirements specified in custom profile
16boolean isCompliant = validator.validate();
17
18// Close input file
19validator.close();
20
21// Print result
22System.out.printf("Document is%s compliant to custom profile.\n", isCompliant ? "" : " not");
23