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  1. PDFBox
  2. PDFBOX-3809

PDAcroForm.flatten(PDField list, refreshAppearances boolean) flattens all form fields instead of specified ones.

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7
    • 2.0.10, 3.0.0 PDFBox
    • AcroForm
    • None

    Description

      Thanks for the excellent PDF library. For my use case I need to flatten a subset of the AcroForm fields. I was attempting to use the PDAcroForm.flatten call, passing in my field list. However, after the method is called, all the fields are gone.

      The method itself appears to remove all PDFAnnotationWidgets from each page and at the end clears the acroform's field set.

      Is the javadoc description (This will flatten the specified form fields.) just misleading? Could a flatten call for a subset of fields be added?

      Thanks

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PDFBOX-3941 PDAcroForm.flatten(List<PDField>, boolean) works incorrectly

          • Major - Major loss of function.
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              msahyoun Maruan Sahyoun
              cdonaher Cristin Donaher
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