PdfCreationOptions.Compatibility Property

Gets or sets the compatibility mode of a document.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public PdfCompatibility Compatibility { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Compatibility As PdfCompatibility

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfCompatibility	A PdfCompatibility enumeration value that specifies the compatibility mode of a document.

Available values:

Name	Description
Pdf	The document supports the ISO 32000-1:2008 standard.
PdfA1b	The document supports the ISO 19005-1:2005 standard.
PdfA2b	The document supports the ISO 19005-2:2011 standard.
PdfA3b	The document supports the ISO 19005-3:2012 standard.

Remarks

The Compatibility property can return one of the following enumeration values: PdfA1b, PdfA2b, PdfA3b and Pdf.

PDF/A imposes the following restrictions:

• Non-embedded fonts are not supported;
• PDF/A-1b, and PDF/A-2b documents can’t contain file attachments;
• Encryption is forbidden;
• Transparency is forbidden in a PDF/A-1 document (all transparency information is ignored and exceptions are not raised).

Note

Since PDF/A requires widget annotations must have only one appearance, PdfAcroFormCheckBoxField.ShouldGeneratePressedAppearance, PdfAcroFormRadioGroupField.ShouldGeneratePressedAppearance, PdfGraphicsAcroFormCheckBoxField.ShouldGeneratePressedAppearance, and PdfGraphicsAcroFormRadioGroupField.ShouldGeneratePressedAppearance properties do not work when a document is created with the Compatibility property set to PdfA1b, PdfA2b or PdfA3b.

Example

This example shows how to use PDF Graphics API to create a document with graphics content.

View Example

Program.cs

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System;
using System.Drawing;
//...

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor()) {

    // Create an empty document.
    processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");

    // Create and draw PDF graphics.
    using (PdfGraphics graph = processor.CreateGraphics())
    {
        DrawGraphics(graph);

        // Render a page with graphics.
        processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graph);
    }
}


static void DrawGraphics(PdfGraphics graph) {
    // Draw text lines on the page.
    SolidBrush black = (SolidBrush)Brushes.Black;

    DXFont font1 = new DXFont("Times New Roman", 32, DXFontStyle.Bold);
    graph.DrawString("PDF Document Processor", font1, black, 180, 150);

    DXFont font2 = new DXFont("Arial", 20);
    graph.DrawString("Display, Print and Export PDF Documents", font2, black, 168, 230);

    DXFont font3 = new DXFont("Arial", 10);
    graph.DrawString("The PDF Document Processor is a non-visual component " +
                        "that provides the application programming interface of the PDF Viewer.", font3, black, 16, 300);

}

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
'...

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()

    ' Create an empty document.
    processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")

    ' Create and draw PDF graphics.
    Using graph As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphics()
        DrawGraphics(graph)

        ' Render a page with graphics.
        processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graph)
    End Using
End Using

Shared Sub DrawGraphics(ByVal graph As PdfGraphics)
    ' Draw text lines on the page.
    Dim black As SolidBrush = CType(Brushes.Black, SolidBrush)

    Dim font1 As New DXFont("Times New Roman", 32, DXFontStyle.Bold)
    graph.DrawString("PDF Document Processor", font1, black, 180, 150)

    Dim font2 As New DXFont("Arial", 20)
    graph.DrawString("Display, Print and Export PDF Documents", font2, black, 168, 230)

    Dim font3 As New DXFont("Arial", 10)
    graph.DrawString("The PDF Document Processor is a non-visual component " & "that provides the application programming interface of the PDF Viewer.", font3, black, 16, 300)
End Sub