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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. Node.js

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  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

    var pdf = new chilkat.Pdf();
    success = pdf.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(pdf.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Ask for the two options that are reserved for a later release.
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateBool("mergeFontSubsets",true);
    json.UpdateBool("compactType1Fonts",true);

    var jsonOut = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = pdf.Optimize("audit",json,jsonOut);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(pdf.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var i = 0;
    var numSkipped = jsonOut.SizeOfArray("skipped");
    console.log("skipped: " + numSkipped);
    while (i < numSkipped) {
        jsonOut.I = i;
        console.log("   " + jsonOut.StringOf("skipped[i].option") + " - " + jsonOut.StringOf("skipped[i].reason"));
        i = i+1;
    }

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

}

chilkatExample();