49
16
The report includes the following information:
The date and time when the report was generated
A listing of files that fail validation prior to conversion. The information in this table includes
the input PDF filename, error code, error message, and a list of relevant PDF object
numbers.
A listing of files that pass validation and for which no conversion is necessary.
A listing of files that fail validation after to conversion. Usually this list includes files that can’t
be fully converted to PDF/A without significant information loss.
A final list of files that pass validation after conversion.
The general structure of XML report is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="report.xsl"?>
<PDFAManagerReport RunDateTime="2009-Jul-16 22:46:04">
<Validation>
<Fail FileName="my.pdf" FileNameAndPath="c:\my.pdf">
<Error Code="e_PDFA232" Message="Not a valid ICC color profile"
Refs="3"/>
</Fail>
</Validation>
<Validation>
<Fail FileName="license.pdf" FileNameAndPath="c:\ license.pdf">
<Error Code="e_PDFA185" Message="'obj' not followed by EOL marker"
Refs="1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12"/>
<Error Code="e_PDFA341" Message="The font is not embedded"
Refs="16, 17, 18"/>
<Error Code="e_PDFA353" Message="Embedded TrueType font program..."
Refs="16, 17, 18"/>
<Error Code="e_PDFA723" Message="The XMP Metadata stream is not
valid" Refs="39"/>
<Error Code="e_PDFA2331" Message="Device-specific color space used,
but no GTS_PDFA1 OutputIntent" Refs="1, 4, 14"/>
</Fail>
</Validation>
</PDFAManagerReport>
To disable report generation, simply include ‘--noxml’ in the command-line string. Disabling XML
report generation will direct processing results to the console window.
c:\PDFA\ >pdfa --noxml -c -o OUT my.pdf
Processing...
VLD-[FAIL]: my.pdf
- e_PDFA185: 'obj' not followed by EOL marker
Obj Refs:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
- e_PDFA341: The font is not embedded
Obj Refs:16, 17, 18
- e_PDFA723: The XMP Metadata stream is not valid
Obj Refs:39
- e_PDFA2331: Device-specific color space used, but no GTS_PDFA1 Output Intent
Obj Refs:1, 4, 14
CNV-[PASS]: my_pdfa.pdf