IsValidPDFA(String) Method - GdPicture.NET API Reference

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'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function IsValidPDFA( _
   ByRef DetailedXMLOutput As String _
) As Boolean

public bool IsValidPDFA( 
   ref string DetailedXMLOutput
)

public function IsValidPDFA( 
   var  DetailedXMLOutput: String
): Boolean;

public function IsValidPDFA( 
   DetailedXMLOutput : String
) : boolean;

public: bool IsValidPDFA( 
   ref string* DetailedXMLOutput
)

public:
bool IsValidPDFA( 
   String^% DetailedXMLOutput
)

Parameters

DetailedXMLOutput: Output parameter. Provides detailed validation result in machine readable XML report. If the file does not conform to the requested standard the XML report will summarize all problems that have been found durring the validation process.

Return Value

true if currently loaded document is Valid PDF/A document, otherwise returns false. The GetStat method can be subsequently used to determine if this method has been successful.

How to check if document is valid PDF/A document.

VB.NET
C#

Dim caption As String = "Example: IsValidPDFA"
Using gdpicturePDF As GdPicturePDF = New GdPicturePDF()
    Dim status As GdPictureStatus = gdpicturePDF.LoadFromFile("test.pdf", False)
    If status = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
        Dim XMLReport As String = String.Empty
        Dim IsValid As Boolean = gdpicturePDF.IsValidPDFA(XMLReport)
        status = gdpicturePDF.GetStat()
        If status = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
            If IsValid Then
                MessageBox.Show("The PDF document is a Valid PDF/A Document.", caption)
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("The PDF document is not a Valid PDF/A Document. Refer to the XML Report for further details.", caption)
            End If
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Error occurred durring the document validation process. Status: " + status.ToString(), caption)
        End If
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("The file can't be loaded. Status: " + status.ToString(), caption)
    End If
End Using

using (GdPicturePDF gdpicturePDF = new GdPicturePDF())
{
    string caption = "Example: IsValidPDFA";
    GdPictureStatus status = gdpicturePDF.LoadFromFile("test.pdf", false);
    if (status == GdPictureStatus.OK)
    {
        string XMLReport = string.Empty;
        bool isValid = gdpicturePDF.IsValidPDFA(ref XMLReport);
        status = gdpicturePDF.GetStat();
        if (status == GdPictureStatus.OK)
        {
            if(isValid)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("The PDF document is a Valid PDF/A Document.", caption);
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("The PDF document is not a Valid PDF/A Document. Refer to the XML Report for further details.", caption);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Error occurred durring the document validation process. Status: " + status.ToString(), caption);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The file can't be loaded. Status: " + status.ToString(), caption);
    }
}

Reference

GdPicturePDF Class
GdPicturePDF Members
Overload List
ConvertToPDFA(String,PdfConversionConformance,Boolean,Boolean) Method
LoadFromStream Method
CloseDocument Method