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Why a PDF Optimization Was Skipped

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Demonstrates the "skipped" array, which lists the options that were asked for but not applied, each with a reason and, where it is page-specific, the pages. An option is skipped when it is reserved for a later release (mergeFontSubsets, compactType1Fonts), when the rules of the file forbid it (objectStreams in a PDF/A-1 file), or when the content could not be parsed safely (tidyContent and coalesceContent on a page whose content stream the parser does not understand). Nothing is ever changed on a guess: an option that cannot be applied safely is skipped and reported.

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IncludeFile "CkPdf.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ;  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    ;  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    ;  The PDF used in this example is available at grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf

    pdf.i = CkPdf::ckCreate()
    If pdf.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkPdf::ckLoadFile(pdf,"qa_data/pdf/grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkPdf::ckLastErrorText(pdf)
        CkPdf::ckDispose(pdf)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Ask for the two options that are reserved for a later release.
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateBool(json,"mergeFontSubsets",1)
    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateBool(json,"compactType1Fonts",1)

    jsonOut.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonOut.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkPdf::ckOptimize(pdf,"audit",json,jsonOut)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkPdf::ckLastErrorText(pdf)
        CkPdf::ckDispose(pdf)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonOut)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    i.i = 0
    numSkipped.i = CkJsonObject::ckSizeOfArray(jsonOut,"skipped")
    Debug "skipped: " + Str(numSkipped)
    While i < numSkipped
        CkJsonObject::setCkI(jsonOut, i)
        Debug "   " + CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(jsonOut,"skipped[i].option") + " - " + CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(jsonOut,"skipped[i].reason")
        i = i + 1
    Wend

    ;  A skipped option is not a failure: Optimize returns true, the other options are applied, and the
    ;  report says exactly what was left undone.


    CkPdf::ckDispose(pdf)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonOut)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure