PDF XChange Forum

Does PDF-XChange support the new standard PDF/A-3, and if not, will it support this standard, and if yes, when will it support this standard?

Hello Sage Software,

We do currently support PDF/A-1x and PDF/A-2x specification files. PDF/A-3 is not yet supported but I presume that we will add this in the future. Will pass your question to our devs for a more precise answer on when this is planned to be available.

Best,
Stefan

Hello Sage Software,

Just a brief update. We've now created a ticket in our internal system for this:
#1818: Support for PDF/A-3
And as soon as support for this PDF specification is implemented we will let you know.

Best,
Stefan

Any news on this subject?

Hello Sage Software,

I see that the ticket has been assigned to a developer, but unfortunately there is no further info that I can provide. It is in our ToDo list and we will be working on it, but I do not yet know when that will be available.

Regards,
Stefan

Any news on this subject?

Hi Sage Software,

I've asked for an update in the ticket.

Regards,
Stefan

We also are interested in this feature. Any News?

Hi Fanski,

Thanks for the post - I'm afraid that we don't have any further update and likely won't be able to advise further until after the release of build 313.

Cheers,

PDF/A 3 will be included in build 313 (our next release) expected in around 5 weeks time in the PDF-XChange Editor for end users - This is also the release date of the PDF-XChange Editor SDK.

We will be releasing details of licensing and costs for this in a newsletter shortly before the release.

One thing to note though is that as this is a brand new feature it may not make it into the doc's/examples for the Editor SDK for a week or 2 after the initial release - but it will be there or thereabouts very soon.

HTH

Hello,

i have the PDF-XChange PRO SDK. Can i with it create or convert pdf's with this standard?

Best regards,
edvschu

Hi ,

Thanks for the post - while PDF/A-3 is not specifically listed, it is supported and as per the documentation:
https://help.pdf-xchange.com/DEV/de ... xactphrase

Please use these Values:

-6 for PDF/A-3a
-7 for PDF/A-3b
-8 for PDF/A-3u

HTH!

Hi Will,

the Values do not match. I use these Values:

-7 for PDF/A-3a
-8 for PDF/A-3b
-9 for PDF/A-3u

Can you confirm it?

Best Regards,
edvschu

Hi edvschum,

I've just confirmed with the Dev. Team - the values that I sent previously are the correct ones. Are the values that you are using working correctly for you? What happens when using those that I listed?

Cheers,

Hi Will,

now i'm confused.

In my case, i use -8 for PDF/A-3b. That works for me correctly. When I use the ones you have listed, I get the following:

-6 for PDF/A-2u
-7 for PDF/A-3a
-8 for PDF/A-3b

Best Regards,
edvschu

Hi edvschu,

That's very odd. I'll ask the Dev. Team to take another look into that, but they've assured me that the values that I previously advised that you use (given by the Dev. Team themselves), should be the correct values.

Cheers,

I found where the issue is.

Please change your code to use number instead of string.
In build 316 I will make a fix to proper support strings there as well.

Number Values works.

Unbelievable. I do not know why I have used string values .

Thanks, Ivan.