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GdPicture14 Namespace / PdfConformance Enumeration

PdfConformance Enumeration

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Specifies PDF versions and conformance levels of a PDF document.

The PDF versions correspond to the PDF major releases, starting from PDF 1.0. In each PDF version the new features have been introduced. The different conformance levels reflect the quality of the archived document and depend on the input material and the documents purpose. PDF/A versions and levels are given one after another.

PDF/A-1 is the first archiving standard based on PDF version 1.4. All resources must be embedded within the PDF/A document itself.

PDF/A-2 is based on PDF 1.7. It allows JPEG2000 compression, transparent elements, PDF layers and more.

PDF/A-3 is available since October 2012. It allows to embed any file format desired.

Level a (accessible) meets all requirements for the standard.

Level b (basic) guaranteed that the content of the document can be unambiguously reproduced.

Level u (unicode) specifies that all text can be mapped to standard Unicode character codes.

Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)>
Public Enum PdfConformance 
   Inherits System.Enum
[ComVisible(true)]
public enum PdfConformance : System.Enum 
public enum PdfConformance = class(System.Enum)
ComVisibleAttribute()
public enum PdfConformance extends System.Enum
[ComVisible(true)]
__value public enum PdfConformance : public System.Enum 
[ComVisible(true)]
public enum class PdfConformance : public System.Enum 
Members
MemberValueDescription
PDF0This is a common PDF document. Read more about PDF compatibility levels here .
PDF_A_1a1The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1a.
PDF_A_1b2The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-1b.
PDF_A_2a3The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2a.
PDF_A_2b5The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2b.
PDF_A_2u4The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-2u.
PDF_A_3a6The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3a.
PDF_A_3b8The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3b.
PDF_A_3u7The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-3u.
PDF_A_49The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4.
PDF_A_4e10The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4e.
PDF_A_4f11The PDF conformance level is PDF/A-4f.
PDF_UA_121The PDF conformance level is PDF/UA-1.
PDF1_012The PDF version is PDF 1.0.
PDF1_113The PDF version is PDF 1.1.
PDF1_214The PDF version is PDF 1.2.
PDF1_315The PDF version is PDF 1.3.
PDF1_416The PDF version is PDF 1.4.
PDF1_517The PDF version is PDF 1.5.
PDF1_618The PDF version is PDF 1.6.
PDF1_719The PDF version is PDF 1.7.
PDF2_020The PDF version is PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2).
Unknown-1The PDF conformance level is unknown.
Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         GdPicture14.PdfConformance

See Also