Convert PDF 2 PDF/A

ceider · September 9

Hi,

is there a way to convert a PDF to a PDF/A using reportbuilder, especially in 18.0?

From my point of view this should not be possible out of the box, but there might be a hidden way to do it.

Tia Carsten

nicocizik · September 9

Hi Carsten,

ReportBuilder does not support direct PDF/A conversion.

Using RB 21 or later, it would be possible to use the PDFComponent to load an existing PDF into an empty report, then export that report (as PDF/A) to file as needed.

This is not the intended use of the PDFComponent as it was designed to simply view/print existing PDF files from within a report, however it could provide the functionality you need in a round-about way.

ceider · September 10

Hi Nico,

thank you for your valuable feedback.
You were able to confirm both my hope on a "workaround" to get it done and my fear that 18.x is not able to do it.

Thanks a lot!

ceider · September 11

Hi Nico,

as our product is on XE using RB 18.x I would like to test it

I would like use a DX10 or even DX12 iDE with RB23.x on my system to build a prof of concept.
My questions are:
- Will the RB23 installation interfere with my RB18 installation?
- Where or how could I can da demoversion of RB23 to do the test?

Tia Carsten

nicocizik · September 11

Hi Carsten,

Will the RB23 installation interfere with my RB18 installation?

No, as long as RB 23 is installed for a different version of Delphi they can coexist.

Where or how could I can da demoversion of RB23 to do the test?

The trial version of ReportBuilder can be downloaded at the following location: https://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/trial

ceider · September 12

Hi Nico,

can you provide me wit a example how to load the pdf into the report and export it to pdfa?

I just cannot find the components to do it.

Tia Carsten

nicocizik · September 12

Hi Carsten,

There is only one component to use, the TppPDFComponent. Treat this as a section style subreport and place it inside an empty report with a detail band only.

Next, load the existing PDF file into the PDFComponent and export the report as PDF/A.

See the following article on PDFComponent fundamentals as well as the included help topic installed with ReportBuilder. Below is some pseudo code.

https://rbwiki.digital-metaphors.com/rcl/pdfcomponent/fundamentals/

uses
  ppTypes;

procedure TForm2.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  //Load PDF file into the PDF Component
  ppPDFComponent1.PDFFileName := [Original PDF Filename];

  ppReport1.DeviceType := dtPDFA; //Export directly to PDF/A1
  ppReport1.TextFileName := [PDF/A FileName];

  //Set up Report properties
  ppReport1.AllowPrintToFile := True;
  ppReport1.ShowPrintDialog := False;
  ppReport1.OpenFile := True;

  //Export to file
  ppReport1.Print;

end;

Convert PDF 2 PDF/A

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