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      • Installing PDF Converter toolbar icon for multiple users
      • Installing PDF Converter on server for automated archiving
      • Installing PDF Converter on Linux server
      • Offline license activation
      • PDF Converter sample on web
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    • Uninstalling
      • Removing the PDF Converter toolbar icon
      • Removing the PDF Converter toolbar icon for multiple users
      • Removing PDF Converter completely from your system
    • Upgrading
      • Upgrade PDF Converter to a new release
      • Upgrade PDF Converter design elements in a custom application
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  • Getting started
    • PDF Converter terminology
      • PDF package
      • PDF attachments
      • Separate PDF files
      • Flat vs. structured document export
      • Single PDF file with a bookmark view
      • Alternate Notes forms
      • Archiving jobs
    • Screencasts
    • Settings
      • General Settings
      • PDF Settings
      • Toolbar Icon Settings
    • Converting client-side
      • How to export emails to a PDF package
      • How to append emails to a PDF package
      • How to export emails to multiple PDFs
      • How to export mail folders to PDF
      • How to export view categories to PDF
      • How to export all emails to PDF
      • How to export parent-child documents
      • How to manage PDF document settings
      • How to export Notes metadata
      • How to export documents to PDF/A format
      • How to convert attachments to PDF
      • How to export attachments to disk
      • How to set PDF headers and footers
      • How to reduce PDF file size
      • How to use alternate forms
      • How to create a naming rule for the PDFs
      • Summary of export options
    • Converting server-side
      • How to export multiple databases to hard disk
      • How to schedule Notes email export to PDF
      • How to export a custom/programmatic document selection
      • How to export Notes metadata
      • How to classify PDF records using folders
      • How to run post-processing tasks on the PDF files
      • How to apply PDF settings to an archiving job
  • How to...
    • How to use the conversion dialog
    • How to set up a custom naming convention for PDF files
    • How to add header and footer to a PDF document
    • Using alternate forms
    • How to convert a document collection using multiple alternate forms
    • How to convert password protected HTML content
    • How to disable HTTP stream
    • How to enable international characters
    • How to enable/disable the low-level renderer
    • How to export documents ordered as in Lotus Notes view
    • How to find your Notes Installation and Notes Data directories
    • How to enable single category export using high level renderer [embedded views]
    • How to manually activate an API enabled database
    • How to reduce the PDF file size
    • How to search a PDF package
    • How to search PDF attachments
    • How to see your PDF Converter version number
    • How to send error-prone documents/emails to the Support
    • How to set custom PDF settings from LotusScript
    • How to use alternate forms in an archiving job
    • How to set PDF security
    • How to have working doclinks in PDF files
  • Tips / miscellaneous
    • About PDF metadata
    • Are Notes document links supported?
    • Types of output
    • Attachment options
    • Can I export OLE objects to PDF?
    • Deployment check-list
    • Disabling access for non-administrators
    • Do I need to have the latest JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on my Workstation/Server?
    • Exporting large sets of documents/emails using the toolbar icon
    • Extracting ZIP archive files
    • How to enable Microsoft Office conversion on Domino server
    • How to enable PDF search in Windows (64-bit)
    • How to get the SharePoint repository ID
    • Java files (jar) list
    • Merging attachments with PDF forms
    • PDF filename Unicode compliance tips
    • PDF/A format description
    • Product limitations
    • Single-Click Exports
    • There's no "Show Java Debug Console" option in my Lotus Notes client
    • What is the SWING PDF Converter installation footprint?
    • Where can I find my attachments?
    • Which view/folder types are supported
  • For developers
    • Enabling your applications
    • API Design elements description
    • LotusScript API reference
      • Class SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function AppendTo(DestFilePath As String)
        • Public Function GetAsRTItem() As NotesRichTextItem
        • Public Function GetAsRTItemEx(attachmentName As String) As NotesRichTextItem
        • Public Function GetFilePath()
        • Public Function GetMetadata() as String
        • Public Function IsCollection() As Boolean
        • Public Function Recycle()
        • Public Function SaveToFile(FilePath As String)
      • Class SwPDFCreator
        • Public Function GetError() As SwPDFError
        • Public Function GetVersion() As String
        • Public Function Init(LicenseKey As String) As Boolean
        • Public Function InitWithActivationResponse(ActivationResponse As String) As Boolean
        • Public Function LoadSettingsFromUNID(PDFSettingsUNID As String, UseGeneralSettings As Boolean) As Bo
        • Public Function ProcessDocCollection(dc As NotesDocumentCollection, DbView As String) As SwPDFDocume
        • Public Function ProcessDocCollectionFromFile(FilePath As String, DbServer As String, DbPath As Strin
        • Public Function ProcessDocument(doc As NotesDocument) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessFolders(dbSrc As NotesDatabase, FoldersList As Variant, IncludeResponses As B
        • Public Function ProcessRTItem(rtItemSource As NotesRichTextItem) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessUrl(url As String) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessViewCategories(view As NotesView, CatList As Variant, IncludeResponses As Boo
        • Public Function SetPdfProperties(Title As String, Subject As String, Author As String, Keywords As S
        • Public Function SetWatermarkFont(fontFamily As String, size As Integer, style As Integer, colorR As
        • Public Function SetWatermarkImage(filePath As String, position As Integer, margin As Double) - Learn
        • Public Function SetWatermarkText(wmText As String, rotation As Double, position As Integer, margin A
      • Class SwPDFSettings
        • Public Function SetHTTPProxy(proxyHost As String, proxyPort As Integer)
        • Public Function SetCustomMetadata(CustomMetadata As Variant, CustomMetadataOnly As Boolean) As Boole
      • Class SwPDFRegistration
        • Public Function GetVersion() As String
        • Public Function GetLicense() As SwPDFLicense
        • Public Function Register(LicenseKey As String) As Variant
      • Class SwPDFLicense
      • Class SwPDFProgress
        • Public Function GetCurrentIndex() As Integer
        • Public Function GetStatus() As Integer
      • Class SwPDFError
    • LotusScript code samples
      • Button on form
      • Button on view
      • Add metadata
      • Add custom header/footer to PDF document
      • PDF conversion on the Web
      • Convert large number of documents
      • Change document orientation
      • Convert single document from UI
      • Doclinks sample for repository
      • View to PDF package
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting Guide
    • Error messages
      • Error - Type mismatch in method OP_CHECK_TOS_INST AINSTANCE found, Unknown expected
      • Error - Cannot write or create file (file or disk is read-only)
      • Error - DLL issue on 64-bit servers
      • Error - Domino HTTP Error Loading Java Virtual Machine
      • Error - Exception in thread "Launcher: SwCreatePDF" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: -SOME CLASS-
      • Error - ExceptionConverter: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
      • Error - INITIALIZE ERROR: EXTRACTJAVARESOURCES (nn) : 91 - Object variable not set - INIT (nn) - Lea
      • Error - java.security.AccessControlException: Access denied ([SOME CLASS EXCEPTION]) - Learning Cent
      • Error - ReferenceError: openLInkPriv is not defined
      • Error - swllrend.dll corrupted or not extracted
      • Error - SWPDFSAVETODISK (29) : 53 - File not found
      • Error - There is another PDF conversion process already started
      • Error - Type mismatch (13)
    • General issues
      • Archiving jobs agent timeout
      • Concurrent execution issues
      • Conversion speed is slow
      • Document links not working
      • Email images do not appear in PDF
      • Header and footer not visible in my emails
      • Header and footer not visible or partially visible
      • How to enable SWING PDF Converter with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
      • Numerous "Trust to..." prompts appearing
      • PDF toolbar icon does not appear after installation
      • PDF toolbar icon not shown in IBM Notes 9 toolbar
      • PDF toolbar icon is still on my toolbar after uninstalling
      • Select categories / folders applet is failing to start
      • ZIP files can not be detached from PDF
      • PDF fonts not embedded for Asian/Arabic documents
      • Thai symbols not shown in PDF document
    • History log
      • Archiving job logs
      • Conversion and error logs
      • Notes crashes during conversion
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PDF/A format description

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PDF/A is an -standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for the digital preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A differs from PDF by prohibiting features ill-suited to long-term archiving, such as linking (as opposed to ).

Description

The PDF/A standard identifies a "profile" for electronic documents that ensures the documents can be reproduced exactly the same way using various software in years to come. A key element to this reproducibility is the requirement for PDF/A documents to be 100% self-contained. All of the information necessary for displaying the document in the same manner is embedded in the file. This includes, but is not limited to, all content (text, raster images and vector graphics), fonts, and color information. A PDF/A document is not permitted to be reliant on information from external sources (e.g. font programs and data streams), but may include annotations (e.g. hypertext links) that link to external documents. Other key elements to PDF/A conformance include:

  • Audio and video content is forbidden.

  • and executable file launches are forbidden. All fonts must be embedded and also must be legally embeddable for unlimited, universal rendering. This also applies to the so-called standard fonts such as or .

  • Colorspaces specified in a device-independent manner.

  • Encryption is forbidden.

  • Use of standards-based metadata is required.

  • External content references are forbidden.

  • is forbidden due to intellectual property constraints. image compression models is not allowed in PDF/A-1 (based on PDF 1.4), as it was first introduced in PDF 1.5. JPEG 2000 compression is allowed in PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3.

  • Transparent objects and layers (Optional Content Groups) are forbidden in PDF/A-1, but are allowed in PDF/A-2.

  • Provisions for digital signatures in accordance with the (PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures) standard are supported in PDF/A-2.

  • Embedded files are forbidden in PDF/A-1, but PDF/A-2 allows embedding of PDF/A files, facilitating the archiving of sets of PDF/A documents in a single file. PDF/A-3 allows embedding of any file format such as XML, CAD and others into PDF/A documents.

  • The use of XML-based (XFA) forms is forbidden in PDF/A. (XFA form data may be preserved in a PDF/A-2 file by moving from XFA key to the Names tree that itself is the value of the XFAResources key of the Names dictionary of the document catalog dictionary.)

  • Interactive PDF forms - Form fields must have an appearance dictionary associated with the field's data. The appearance dictionary shall be used when rendering the field.

Support

Swing PDF Converter supports multiple PDF/A output formats, those include:

  • PDF/A-1b

  • PDF/A-2b

  • PDF/A-3b

PDF/A-1b

A-1b conformance is the minimum requirement for PDF/A compliance. The focus here is on reliable rendered visual appearance. PDF/A-1b files must include:

  • Embedded fonts

  • Device-independent color

  • Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) metadata

PDF/A-1b files can not include:

  • Encryption

  • LZW Compression

  • Embedded files

  • External content references

  • PDF Transparency

  • Multi-media

  • JavaScript

PDF/A-2b

PDF/A-2b is the extension of the PDF/A1b conformance. Part 2 of the PDF/A Standard is based on a PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1), rather than PDF 1.4 and offers a number of new features:

  • Support for transparency effects and layers.

  • Embedding of OpenType font.

  • Provisions for digital signatures in accordance with the PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures – PAdES standard.

  • Embedding PDF/A files to facilitate archiving of sets of documents with a single file.

PDF/A-3b

PDF/A-3 (ISO 19005-3:2012. Part 3) differs from PDF/A-2 in only one regard - it allows embedding of arbitrary file formats (such as XML, CSV, CAD, word-processing documents, spreadsheet documents and others) into PDF/A conforming documents.

References

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