PDF/A

VB C#

using IronPdf;

// Open a PDF or use an exisiting PdfDocument object
PdfDocument pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile("source_doc.pdf");

// Perform PDF Editing Tasks...

// Save the PDF/A-3b Document to File
pdf.SaveAsPdfA("pdfa-compliant.pdf", PdfAVersions.PdfA3b);

Imports IronPdf

' Open a PDF or use an exisiting PdfDocument object
Private pdf As PdfDocument = PdfDocument.FromFile("source_doc.pdf")

' Perform PDF Editing Tasks...

' Save the PDF/A-3b Document to File
pdf.SaveAsPdfA("pdfa-compliant.pdf", PdfAVersions.PdfA3b)

Install-Package IronPdf

PDF/A

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Code

https://github.com/iron-software/IronPdf.Examples/tree/main/examples/pdfa

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