13–30 -validatePDFA: Validating PDF/A-1b, -2b

13–30–1 Processing

Validates whether the PDF file is PDF/A-1b or PDF/A-2b compliant.

Use -type to specify whether to check PDF/A-1b or PDF/A-2b compliance.
If the input PDF is not compliant with the specified PDF/A and an error occurs during compliance check, an error code and error message will be output.
If no compliance errors occur, "ok!" is displayed.
By using a processing log, you can record error codes and error messages during compliance checks in the form of a text file. Specify the processing log output with -log.
When outputting a processing log, it will be output as a text file with the name of "input file name.log" in the same folder as the input file.

Note:
The setting for outputting file (-o) is not required to run this command.

13–30–2 Example of commands

[Executing example commands]

Checks if out.pdf is PDF/A-2b compliant. Outputs the processing log to the same location as the input file specified with -d with the file name "input file name.log"

[Windows]

AHPDFToolCmd80.exe -validatePDFA -type 2b -log -d c:\out.pdf

[Linux]

AHPDFToolCmd80 -validatePDFA -type 2b -log -d /home/antenna/out.pdf

13–30–3 Folder settings: applied

You can perform batch processing by specifying the input folder with the -d parameter. If a folder is specified, a compliance check will be performed on the PDF files in the input folder. If -log is specified, each processing log file is output to the output folder in the same folder as the input file in the "input file name.log" format.

13–30–4 Parameters

Parameter	Content
-type [1b/2b]	[required] Sets the type of PDF/A standard 1b: Checks PDF/A-1b compliance 2b: Checks PDF/A-2b compliance
-log	Outputs the processing log to a text file. The output destination is the same level as the input file specified with "-d." The file name will be the file name specified with "-d" with the extension changed to ".log"

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