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inmedis gmbh
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File Attribute for PDF/A Standard

Post by inmedis gmbh »

We are trying to filter PDF's that are not according to PDF/A Standard, before we upload the files in our archive.
This work is done up to now manually by opening each single file.
  • Is there a way to find this flag for PDF/A without opening the file itself?
  • Is the information stored as an attribute so that we can display it in windows explorer?
Looking forward to your creative solutions :roll:
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Re: File Attribute for PDF/A Standard

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Hello inmedis gmbh,

Validation whether a file is PDF/A compliant is quite complex, so there's no quick and easy way to filter your files I am afraid.

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Stefan
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Re: File Attribute for PDF/A Standard

Post by Willy Van Nuffel »

Like Stefan says "there is no quick and easy way", but ...

In case the final goal is to upload "all" the pdf's to your archive, then you could think about using the "Convert to PDF/A"-feature of PDF-XChange PDF-Tools. There you can choose to skip PDF's that already are PDF/A. All the others (not yet PDF/A) will be converted.

More info about the "PDF-Tools" product: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-tools

More info about "Convert to PDF/A": https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxt9/convert-to-pdfa_t.html

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Re: File Attribute for PDF/A Standard

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello Willy Van Nuffel,

Many thanks for this suggestion! It is indeed an elegant solution that could work!
I should have thought of that myself as well :D

Kind regards,
Stefan
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