PdfDocumentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType[]) Method

Flattens all document annotations with the specified type.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v21.1.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[]	Indicates the annotation type.

Remarks

The code sample below flattens all text annotations:

C#

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

  documentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType.Text);
  //Save the result:
  processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("..\\..\\Result.pdf");

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  'Load a document:
  processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")
  Dim documentFacade As PdfDocumentFacade = processor.DocumentFacade

  documentFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType.Text);
  'Save the result:
  processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
End Using
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("..\..\Result.pdf")