Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : FlattenFormField emptying Field contents http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:34:22 +0000 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:24:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2852 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[FlattenFormField emptying Field contents : Yes as covered in my previous...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flattenformfield-emptying-field-contents_topic2852_post11585.html#11585 Author: AndyD
Subject: 2852
Posted: 28 Mar 14 at 11:24AM

Yes as covered in my previous post and in my sample code provided in the forum, we have achieved populating pdf form fields with rich text from a VB6 app (which we were advised wasn't possible). Now I need to flatten those fields so they cannot be edited when the pdf is loaded.
 
Is there any workaround to achieving the correct appearance stream?
]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:24:58 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flattenformfield-emptying-field-contents_topic2852_post11585.html#11585 <![CDATA[FlattenFormField emptying Field contents : Andy,If the appearance stream...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flattenformfield-emptying-field-contents_topic2852_post11584.html#11584 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 2852
Posted: 28 Mar 14 at 11:10AM

Andy,

If the appearance stream for the field is correct then the the field should flatten just like any other field.  The problem you are having is that Debenu Quick PDF Library cannot create the appearance streams for the Rich Text.  

When you open a file in Acrobat it checks all form fields to see if they have an appearance stream and then it creates a new one if one is not found.

I assume you want to fill the form fields and then flatten in one step without loading the file in Acrobat ?

Andrew.
]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:10:32 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flattenformfield-emptying-field-contents_topic2852_post11584.html#11584 <![CDATA[FlattenFormField emptying Field contents : After successfully populating...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flattenformfield-emptying-field-contents_topic2852_post11578.html#11578 Author: AndyD
Subject: 2852
Posted: 25 Mar 14 at 1:11PM

After successfully populating form fields with rich text (http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/populate-rich-text-form-field-with-formatted-text_topic2834.html)  I now have another problem.
 
Because I want to create static documents, after the pdf has been created I need to flatten all the fields. The problem arises here in that if the field contains rich text, the FlattenFormField function seems to blank the contents.
I have found a workaround by setting the fields to readonly but the drawback to this is that a locked field is quite dramatically bigger in size than a flattened one. As my final PDF contains many pages this makes a significant difference.
 
Does anyone know of another way to achieve this or how to get the Flatten function to handle rich text content?
 
Many thanks
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