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Field value disappears when flattened

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Forum Name: I need help - I can help
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Topic: Field value disappears when flattened

Posted By: Hanseman
Subject: Field value disappears when flattened
Date Posted: 10 Nov 10 at 6:31PM

I've been using Quick PDF for years and haven't found a problem I couldn't resolve until now. I have a form that has several fields on it that I need to populate and then flatten for a customer. All the fields except one flatten with no problem. The "bad" field reports that it flattened OK and properly destroys the field, but nothing has been placed on the form.

Has anyone seen anything like this or knows of a workaround? I can upload a sample of the form if someone tells me where / how to upload forms.

Thanks,

Hans

Replies:

Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 10 Nov 10 at 7:34PM

Hi!

No chances trying NeedAppearance?
Or is the identical fieldname used twice?

Cheers and welcome here,
Ingo

Posted By: Hanseman
Date Posted: 10 Nov 10 at 8:59PM

Thanks for the reply, Ingo. I did try the NeedAppearance with no success. It is also the only instance of that field name on the form. I did, however, discover how to fix the issue by playing with Acrobat along with the flattening code. I found that if I moved the field, suddenly the field value would flatten correctly. Acrobat can be rather screwy sometimes.

Thanks for your help! You have a great product and I've enjoyed coding with it.

Posted By: Ingo
Date Posted: 11 Nov 10 at 9:27AM

Hi!

It's not MY product ... I'm only user as you are ;-)

Cheers, ingo