PdfAnnotationFacade.Flatten() Method

Flattens the annotation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void Flatten()

VB.NET

Public Sub Flatten

Remarks

The code sample below flattens the first annotation on the page:

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
  // Load a document:
  processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");

  // Flatten the first annotation:
  var annotations = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages[0].Annotations;
  annotations[0].Flatten();

  // Save the result:
  processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  ' Load a document:
  processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")

  ' Flatten the first annotation:
  Dim annotations = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages(0).Annotations
  annotations(0).Flatten()

  ' Save the result:
  processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
End Using