Nope - sorry :) On 10/12/11 3:00 PM, "AJ Weber" <awe...@comcast.net> wrote:
>I suppose there isn't a "PDF Specification for Dummies" book written yet? >;) > >Appreciate the detailed reply. > >-AJ > > >On 10/12/2011 2:41 PM, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: >> Is it doable - yes. >> >> Is it doable with iText, "out of the box" - no. iText doesn't have a >>lot >> of the necessary machinery built it. >> >> Could you build a tool to do the conversion using iText - pretty much. >> You'd need to learn a LOT about PDF, PDF/A and relevant associated >>things >> (like fonts, color management, etc.) >> >> So yes, you could certainly do this - just going to require a lot of >>work. >> (and be aware, it's usually the little things that will get you, such >>as >> CIDToGIDMaps and not the big ones). >> >> Leonard >> >> On 10/12/11 2:10 PM, "AJ Weber"<awe...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> I have taken note of the FAQ inserted in the Second Ed of the iText In >>> Action book about this, but would like to ask and understand the >>> implications a little better... >>> >>> If I wanted to try and automate the conversion of (various versions of) >>> existing PDF files to PDF/A (level B), shouldn't this be "doable" in an >>> automated fashion? I can understand the limitations that "Level A" >>> might pose would probably need additional, manual intervention. But >>> shouldn't we be able to parse an existing PDF file, strip any/all >>> javascript, embedded images/video, etc., and read the required fonts >>>and >>> embed them into an output file to make it compliant? >>> >>> I know that might take a few steps to parse the input file to a >>> legitimate, PDF/A output file, but it seems like there's no roadblock >>>to >>> doing so with the toolset contained in iText. Just a bit of work. >>> >>> What am I missing? What is there that iText "can't do" with regard to >>> this objective? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> AJ >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>-- >>> ---- >>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains >>>a >>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >>> sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iText-questions mailing list >>> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >>> >>> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >>> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >>> reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >>> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >>> http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- >> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >> threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >> sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >>reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >>http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >definitive record of customers, application performance, security >threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct >_______________________________________________ >iText-questions mailing list >iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
