Is it possible to convert a PDF/a to a regular PDF?

[fbrischwein]

Greetings,

I get multiple PDF/a files, which need some further editing. To accomplish this, I want to remove the Pdf/A Complliance. Used language is VB.NET.

Is this possible with Spire.Pdf?

So far I tried setting the Conformance Level to None before saving with no effect.

Another approach of mine was extracting the XMPData, rewriting it and updating:

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Dim meta As XmpMetadata = pdfIn.XmpMetaData
Dim value As String = meta.XmlData.InnerXml.ToString
[removing "pdfaid:part" and "pdfaid:conformance" nodes from value]
pdfIn.XmpMetaData.XmlData.LoadXml(value)

But when I load the PDF up again, the previous XMP-Data and PDF/a compliance remains.

Am I using the wrong approach?

Thank you,
F.Brischwein

[Brian.Li]

Hello Brischwein,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Please refer to the following code to convert PDF/A files to regular PDF files. If this does not solve your problem, please provide us with your input file and we will investigate further. You could upload it here or send it to us ([email protected]) via email. Thanks in advance.

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        Dim input As String = "PDFA3A.pdf"
        Dim doc As PdfDocument = New PdfDocument
        doc.LoadFromFile(input)
        Dim newDoc As PdfNewDocument = New PdfNewDocument
        newDoc.CompressionLevel = PdfCompressionLevel.None
        For Each page As PdfPageBase In doc.Pages
            Dim size As SizeF = page.Size
            Dim p As PdfPageBase = newDoc.Pages.Add(size, New Spire.Pdf.Graphics.PdfMargins(0))
            page.CreateTemplate.Draw(p, 0, 0)
        Next
        newDoc.Save("PDFAToPdf-result.pdf")

Sincerely,
Brian
E-iceblue support team

[fbrischwein]

Hello Brian,

it works like a charm.

Thank you very much,
F.Brischwein

[Brian.Li]

You are welcome.
If you encounter any issues related to our products in the future, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
Brian
E-iceblue support team