Examples / repair / c

Repair

A complete, runnable c program — 15 lines, shipped in your download.

Same example, other languages: activex_cpp cpp cpp_linux csharp python vbnet

examples/c/repair/repair.c 15 lines

// repair -- fix a damaged PDF with a SINGLE method: pdfConvertFileA(..., ctNormalize).
#include <lumaspdf.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
  PPDF p = pdfNewPDF();
  int rc = pdfConvertFileA(p,
      "../../test_files/corrupt.pdf",   /* 4-page damaged input (mangled xref) */
      "repaired.pdf",
      ctNormalize, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
  printf("pdfConvertFile(ctNormalize) rc=%d  (repair-mode used: %d)\n",
         rc, (int)pdfGetInRepairMode(p));
  pdfDeletePDF(p);
  return rc < 0 ? 1 : 0;
}

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