PdfDocumentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType[]) Method

Flattens all document annotations with the specified types.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void FlattenAnnotations(
    params PdfAnnotationType[] types
)

VB.NET

Public Sub FlattenAnnotations(
    ParamArray types As PdfAnnotationType()
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
types	PdfAnnotationType[]	An array of annotation types.

Example

The code sample below flattens all text annotations in the document:

C#

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

  // Flatten all text annotations:
  PdfDocumentFacade documentFacade = processor.DocumentFacade;
  documentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType.Text);

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

VB.NET

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

  ' Flatten all text annotations:
  Dim documentFacade As PdfDocumentFacade = processor.DocumentFacade
  documentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType.Text)

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