I am creating a module that allows students to submit forms and would like to turn those submissions into PDF/A (PDF Archive format). If you could add this feature to fill PDF that would be the bee's knees. It would help us out tremendously.

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wizonesolutions
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Project: FillPDF » PDF Forms API

Moving to PDF Forms API since PDF generation stuff is going there. This functionality needs to exist there before it can be implemented in Fill PDF.

So can you tell me more about this format? I don't understand the difference. Currently, I just fill in the form on the same template, so the result format is the same. I'm not sure how to do the conversion in the underlying tools yet (pdftk/iText), so any info you have would be useful.

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hvezda commented

Hi,

I just saw your comment. This page has a really good description of what PDF-A is: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000125.shtml

Basically PDF-A doesn't allow the use of encryption, audio, video, or javascript components. The fonts used must be embedded within the document. You can think of it as a basic PDF file before all the bells and whistles were added to it over the years.

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Title: Allow option to create PDF/A » [8.x-5.x] Add option to create PDF/A files
Project: PDF Forms API » FillPDF
Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 8.x-4.x-dev
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Postponed
Issue tags: +PDF/A, +imagemagick, +ghostscript
Parent issue: » #3040915: [meta] 5.0.x API
Related issues: +#2165767: Evaluate latest version of PDFtk for image-filling, +#327491: You asked for itext alternative

Just found this issue in the abandoned API module’s tracker.

PDF/As would be awesome. While it’s clearly not going to work with pdftk, a combination of imagemagick and ghostscript should be capable of creating PDF/A files.

I’ll investigate it sooner or late, as the company I’m working for needs PDF/As as archiving standard.