function SaveAsPdfA(const FileName: string; Conformance: TPdfAConformance = pac1b): Boolean; overload;
function SaveAsPdfA(const FileName: string; const Options: TPdfASaveOptions): Boolean; overload;
SaveAsPdfA performs the regular SaveAs first, then layers an incremental update on top of the saved bytes that promotes the file to a PDF/A-1b archive (ISO 19005-1, with Cor.1:2007). The post-processing injects four things into the saved stream:
pdfaid:part = 1, pdfaid:conformance = B), mirrors every Document Information Dictionary entry into its XMP equivalent (Title → dc:title, Author → dc:creator, Subject → dc:description, Keywords → pdf:Keywords, Creator → xmp:CreatorTool, Producer → pdf:Producer, CreationDate → xmp:CreateDate, ModDate → xmp:ModifyDate) as required by ISO 19005-1 6.7.3, and embeds the pdfaid extension schema description required by 6.7.8 / Cor.1.TPdfASaveOptions.IccProfileData./ID array in the trailer (mandatory per ISO 19005-1 6.1.3). When the source PDF already carries a file identifier, the existing 16-byte permanent and changing IDs are reused; otherwise a deterministic 16-byte fallback ID is derived from the source bytes.The output stays byte-identical to the base SaveAs result up to the
end of the original PDF; only the incremental update is appended.
Existing readers that don't understand PDF/A still render the file
exactly as the regular SaveAs would. The two overloads differ only
in how the conformance / options are passed in — the
TPdfAConformance form is shorthand for the common case
(pac1b); the TPdfASaveOptions form takes a
record with the full configuration surface, including optional
overrides for Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Creator, Producer,
CreationDate, ModDate, DocumentId, and InstanceId. Fields left empty
are auto-populated from FPDF_GetMetaText /
FPDF_GetFileIdentifier, so the typical caller does not
need to set any field other than Conformance.
Returns True on success. Returns False if
the base SaveAs failed, if the incremental update could not be
attached (PDF too short, invalid trailer), or if the ICC profile
data was provided but failed validation.
SaveAs(..., saRemoveSecurity) first if the source is encrypted.ValidatePdfA after the save to inspect the result and surface any remaining issues to operators.
// Simple PDF/A-1b output using the bundled sRGB profile
if Pdf1.SaveAsPdfA('C:\Report.pdfa.pdf') then
ShowMessage('Saved PDF/A-1b');
// With a custom ICC profile
var
Opts: TPdfASaveOptions;
begin
Opts := Default(TPdfASaveOptions);
Opts.Conformance := pac1b;
Opts.IccProfileData := TFile.ReadAllBytes('C:\Profiles\Coated.icc');
Pdf1.SaveAsPdfA('C:\Report.cmyk.pdfa.pdf', Opts);
end;