added the enum for the conformance levels in the pdfio-private.h under _pdfio_file_s and updated the create_common() function which is used by pdfiofilecreate to recognize the new pdf/a-.. strings

examples/create_tagged_pdf.c

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include <pdfio.h>
+#include <pdfio-content.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    // 1. Basic PDF setup
+    pdfio_file_t *pdf;
+    pdfio_rect_t media_box = {0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0}; // US Letter size
+
+    // Create the PDF file
+    if ((pdf = pdfioFileCreate("tagged_document.pdf", "2.0", &media_box, &media_box, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+    {
+        puts("Error: Could not create PDF file.");
+        return (1);
+    }
+
+    // 2. Build the Structure Tree Root (StructTreeRoot)
+    // This is the master "table of contents" for all tags.
+    pdfio_dict_t  *struct_tree_root_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioDictSetName(struct_tree_root_dict, "Type", "StructTreeRoot");
+
+    // Create the top-level document element tag: /Document
+    pdfio_dict_t  *doc_elem_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioDictSetName(doc_elem_dict, "Type", "StructElem");
+    pdfioDictSetName(doc_elem_dict, "S", "Document"); // 'S' is the structure type
+
+    // Create the paragraph element tag: /P
+    pdfio_dict_t  *p_elem_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioDictSetName(p_elem_dict, "Type", "StructElem");
+    pdfioDictSetName(p_elem_dict, "S", "P"); // 'S' is the structure type (Paragraph)
+    pdfioDictSetNumber(p_elem_dict, "K", 0); // 'K' is the content, pointing to MCID 0 on the page
+
+    // Link the paragraph as a child of the document element
+    pdfio_array_t *doc_kids = pdfioArrayCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioArrayAppendDict(doc_kids, p_elem_dict);
+    pdfioDictSetArray(doc_elem_dict, "K", doc_kids);
+
+    // Link the document element as a child of the StructTreeRoot
+    pdfio_array_t *root_kids = pdfioArrayCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioArrayAppendDict(root_kids, doc_elem_dict);
+    pdfioDictSetArray(struct_tree_root_dict, "K", root_kids);
+
+    // Create a PDF object for the StructTreeRoot and link it to the main catalog
+    pdfio_obj_t *struct_tree_root_obj = pdfioFileCreateObj(pdf, struct_tree_root_dict);
+    pdfioDictSetObj(pdfioFileGetCatalog(pdf), "StructTreeRoot", struct_tree_root_obj);
+
+    // 3. Create a page and its content
+    pdfio_dict_t  *page_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
+    pdfio_obj_t   *helvetica = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdf, "Helvetica");
+    pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, "F1", helvetica);
+
+    pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, page_dict);
+
+    // 4. Write the tagged content to the page stream
+    pdfioContentTextBegin(st);
+    pdfioContentSetTextFont(st, "F1", 24.0);
+    pdfioContentTextMoveTo(st, 72.0, 700.0);
+
+    // Create a dictionary for the marked content, specifying the ID
+    pdfio_dict_t *p_mcid_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf);
+    pdfioDictSetNumber(p_mcid_dict, "MCID", 0); // This ID must match the 'K' value in the StructElem
+
+    // Use the functions from pdfio-content.c to wrap the text
+    pdfioContentBeginMarked(st, "P", p_mcid_dict); // Start tag for Paragraph
+    pdfioContentTextShow(st, false, "This is a tagged paragraph.");
+    pdfioContentEndMarked(st);                     // End tag
+
+    pdfioContentTextEnd(st);
+
+    // 5. Finalize and close
+    pdfioStreamClose(st);
+    pdfioFileClose(pdf);
+
+    puts("Successfully created tagged_document.pdf");
+    return (0);
+}

examples/pdf2text.c

@@ -1417,4 +1417,4 @@ puts_utf16(const char *s)		// I - Hex string
 
     put_utf8(ch);
   }
-}
+}

pdfio-file.c

@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ create_common(
   unsigned char	id_value[16];		// File ID value
   time_t	curtime;		// Creation date/time
   _pdfio_sha256_t ctx;			// Hashing context
-
+  const char *actual_version;   // Actual PDF version string
 
   PDFIO_DEBUG("create_common(filename=\"%s\", fd=%d, output_cb=%p, output_cbdata=%p, version=\"%s\", media_box=%p, crop_box=%p, error_cb=%p, error_cbdata=%p)\n", filename, fd, (void *)output_cb, (void *)output_cbdata, version, (void *)media_box, (void *)crop_box, (void *)error_cb, (void *)error_cbdata);
 
@@ -1522,13 +1522,16 @@ create_common(
   if (!filename || (fd < 0 && !output_cb))
     return (NULL);
 
-  if (!version)
+  //if (!version)
-    version = "2.0";
+    //version = "2.0";
 
   if (!error_cb)
   {
     error_cb     = _pdfioFileDefaultError;
-    error_cbdata = NULL;
+    error_cbdata = NULL;i
+    (error_cb)(&temp,message,error_cbdata)
+
+    return (NULL)
   }
 
   // Allocate a PDF file structure...
@@ -1550,7 +1553,52 @@ create_common(
   pdf->output_cb   = output_cb;
   pdf->output_ctx  = output_cbdata;
   pdf->filename    = strdup(filename);
-  pdf->version     = strdup(!strncmp(version, "PCLm-", 5) ? "1.4" : version);
+
+  if (!version)
+  {
+    version = "2.0";
+  }
+
+  if (!strncmp(version, "PDF/A-1", 7))
+  {
+    actual_version = "1.4";
+    if (version[7] == 'a')
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_1A;
+    else
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_1B; // Default to 'b'
+  }
+  else if (!strncmp(version, "PDF/A-2", 7))
+  {
+    actual_version = "1.7";
+    if (version[7] == 'a')
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_2A;
+    else if (version[7] == 'u')
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_2U;
+    else
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_2B; // Default to 'b'
+  }
+  else if (!strncmp(version, "PDF/A-3", 7))
+  {
+    actual_version = "1.7";
+    if (version[7] == 'a')
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_3A;
+    else if (version[7] == 'u')
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_3U;
+    else 
+      pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_3B; // Default to 'b'
+  }
+  else if (!strncmp(version, "PDF/A-4", 7))
+  {
+    actual_version = "2.0";
+    pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_4;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    actual_version = version;
+    pdf->pdfa = _PDFIO_PDFA_NONe;
+  }
+
+  pdf->version     = strdup(actual_version);
   pdf->mode        = _PDFIO_MODE_WRITE;
   pdf->error_cb    = error_cb;
   pdf->error_data  = error_cbdata;

pdfio-private.h

@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ typedef enum _pdfio_mode_e		// Read/write mode
   _PDFIO_MODE_WRITE			// Write a PDF file
 } _pdfio_mode_t;
 
+typedef enum _pdfio_pdfa_e
+{
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_NONE = 0,   // Not a PDF/A file
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_1A,         // PDF/A-1a:2005
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_1B,         // PDF/A-1b:2005
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_2A,         // PDF/A-2a:2011
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_2B,         // PDF/A-2b:20011
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_2U,         // PDF/A-2u:2011
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_3A,         // PDF/A-3a:2012
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_3B,         // PDF/A-3b:2012
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_3U,         // PDF/A-3u:2012
+  _PDFIO_PDFA_4,          // PDF/A-4:2020
+} _pdfio_pdfa_t;
+
 typedef enum _pdfio_predictor_e		// PNG predictor constants
 {
   _PDFIO_PREDICTOR_NONE = 1,		// No predictor (default)
@@ -239,6 +253,7 @@ struct _pdfio_file_s			// PDF file structure
   unsigned char	file_id[32];		// File identifier bytes
   struct lconv	*loc;			// Locale data
   char		*version;		// Version number
+  _pdfio_pdfa_t pdfa;       // PDF/A conformance
   pdfio_rect_t	media_box,		// Default MediaBox value
 		crop_box;		// Default CropBox value
   _pdfio_mode_t	mode;			// Read/write mode