losLab PDF Library は、Delphi/C++Builder チーム向けにソース提供の PDF エンジンを提供します。デスクトップ、サーバー、DLL、ActiveX、Dylib ワークフローで使え、PDF/A・PDF/UA チェック、PAdES 署名、複数レンダラーを外部 PDF サービスなしで利用できます。
この記事は developers delivering archive-ready and accessibility-aware PDFs from Delphi systems 向けです。PDF/A and PDF/UA preflight を単なるコンポーネント呼び出しではなく、本番向けのドキュメントエンジニアリングとして扱います。
実務上のリスクは PDF/A and PDF/UA failures usually reflect document design decisions, so late preflight without ownership produces lists of issues nobody can fix です。そのため、明確な契約、観測可能な診断、実際の顧客ファイルに近い回帰サンプルが必要です。
アーキテクチャ上の判断
Connect preflight findings to template ownership. target PDF/A profile, PDF/UA expectations, and accepted validator set / font, metadata, color, annotation, form, and attachment policies
- target PDF/A profile, PDF/UA expectations, and accepted validator set
- font, metadata, color, annotation, form, and attachment policies
- tag structure, heading order, table markup, alternate text, and artifacts
- issue ownership and release-gate severity mapping
実装フロー
Treat diagnostics as product requirements. The order below keeps the workflow reviewable for Delphi and C++Builder teams.
- configure document generation around the target profiles before output
- run structured preflight and normalize findings by owner and severity
- route template issues to template maintainers and data issues to application owners
- rerun validation after each fix rather than relying on visual inspection
- ship the report with the document package when customers require evidence
検証エビデンス
Preflight evidence for archive and accessibility workflows. Keep these fields with the output or support record.
- profile, validator version, issue code, severity, page, object, and owner
- font embedding, output intent, metadata, and attachment findings
- tagging diagnostics such as heading order, table structure, artifacts, and alternate text
- release decision, waivers, and final pass or fail report
Archive and accessibility profiles ask different questions
PDF/A focuses on durable reproduction while PDF/UA focuses on semantic access. A production workflow should keep both validation profiles visible and assign findings to generation code, templates, or content owners.
リリース前の確認事項
本番に出す前に、チームはソースコードを読まずにこれらの質問に答えられる必要があります
- Who owns target PDF/A profile, PDF/UA expectations, and accepted validator set?
- What evidence proves profile, validator version, issue code, severity, page, object, and owner?
- What happens when an archive-valid file can still have poor reading order?
- Which regression file covers ship the report with the document package when customers require evidence?
PDF/A and PDF/UA preflight に関する技術レビューの注意点
これらのレビュー項目を使って、機能がデモ段階を超え、リリース、サポート、顧客エスカレーションの場で説明できることを確認します
- 判断: target PDF/A profile, PDF/UA expectations, and accepted validator set. 実装上の焦点: run structured preflight and normalize findings by owner and severity. 受け入れ証拠: tagging diagnostics such as heading order, table structure, artifacts, and alternate text. 回帰の引き金: third-party inserted pages can break profile assumptions late in assembly
- 判断: font, metadata, color, annotation, form, and attachment policies. 実装上の焦点: route template issues to template maintainers and data issues to application owners. 受け入れ証拠: release decision, waivers, and final pass or fail report. 回帰の引き金: an archive-valid file can still have poor reading order
- 判断: tag structure, heading order, table markup, alternate text, and artifacts. 実装上の焦点: rerun validation after each fix rather than relying on visual inspection. 受け入れ証拠: profile, validator version, issue code, severity, page, object, and owner. 回帰の引き金: decorative content should be marked as artifacts instead of hidden visually only
- 判断: issue ownership and release-gate severity mapping. 実装上の焦点: ship the report with the document package when customers require evidence. 受け入れ証拠: font embedding, output intent, metadata, and attachment findings. 回帰の引き金: forms and annotations can conflict with archive goals depending on profile
境界ケース
- an archive-valid file can still have poor reading order
- decorative content should be marked as artifacts instead of hidden visually only
- forms and annotations can conflict with archive goals depending on profile
- third-party inserted pages can break profile assumptions late in assembly
Delphi / C++Builder の補足
PDFlibPas should sit behind a small service boundary that receives files, streams, profiles, and credentials, then returns output paths, warnings, metrics, and validation status. 重要な用語には PDF/A, PDF/UA, CreatePreflightReportEx, accessibility, tag structure, validator.
Delphi コード例
次の Delphi スケッチは、このテーマに対する実用的なサービス境界を示します。ポリシー確認、ログ記録、検証を製品呼び出しの狭い部分の外側に置くと、ワークフローをテストしやすくなります。
procedure RunStandardsPreflight(const InputFile, ReportFile: string; const Profile: string);
var
Pdf: TPDFlib;
begin
Pdf := TPDFlib.Create;
try
Pdf.LoadFromFile(InputFile, '');
TFile.WriteAllText(ReportFile, BuildStandardsReport(Pdf, Profile), TEncoding.UTF8);
FailOnBlockingStandardsIssues(ReportFile);
finally
Pdf.Free;
end;
end;
本番チェックリスト
- ワークフローは、空のファイル、通常の顧客ファイル、最悪ケースのファイルで実行します
- 生成された PDF は、対象のビューアー、検証ツール、プリンター、または downstream アプリケーションで開きます
- 製品バージョン、プロファイルバージョン、入力ハッシュ、出力パス、経過時間、警告数を記録します
- パスワード、証明書、一時ファイル、顧客データは明確な保持ルールの下で管理します
- 顧客ファイルが新しい境界ケースを示したら、回帰用ドキュメントを追加します
製品ドキュメント
追加のコード例
var
Pdf: TPDFlib;
Diag: WideString;
begin
Pdf := TPDFlib.Create;
try
Pdf.NewDocument;
Pdf.SetPDFAMode(1);
Pdf.LoadOutputIntentProfile('sRGB-IEC61966-2.1.icc', 'RGB');
Pdf.SetPDFUAMode('en-US');
Pdf.SetInformation(1, 'Quarterly Statement'); // /Title: required for PDF/UA
// ... draw tagged content here ...
Diag := Pdf.GetPDFUADiagnostics;
if Diag <> '' then
Writeln('fix before shipping: ', Diag);
Pdf.SaveToFile('statement.pdf');
// the preflight that counts runs on the saved file:
Writeln(Pdf.CreatePreflightReport('statement.pdf', '', 1, 0));
finally
Pdf.Free;
end;
end;