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PdfDocumentFacade.OptionalContentVisibility Property

Provides access to visibility settings of optional content (layers).

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

#Declaration

public PdfOptionalContentVisibility OptionalContentVisibility { get; }

#Property Value

Type Description
PdfOptionalContentVisibility

A PdfOptionalContentVisibility object that allows you to manage layers visibility.

#Remarks

Use the PdfDocumentFacade.OptionalContentVisibility.Groups property to access PdfOptionalContentGroupVisibility objects and manage visibility settings of individual layers.

Important

A PDF document stores only default optional content configuration. This means that layer visibility is not preserved when you save the document. Visibility settings are applicable only when you preview the document in a PDF Viewer component, or print the document, or export it to an image.

The following code snippet hides two layers in the “PdfLayers.pdf” document and displays the third layer:

Layers Visibility

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System;
using System.Linq;
using DevExpress.Drawing;

static void Main(string[] args) {
    using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor()) {
        processor.LoadDocument("PdfLayers.pdf");
        // Set visibility settings for each layer contained in a document.
        processor.DocumentFacade.OptionalContentVisibility.Groups[0].Visible = false;
        processor.DocumentFacade.OptionalContentVisibility.Groups[1].Visible = false;
        processor.DocumentFacade.OptionalContentVisibility.Groups[2].Visible = true;
        // Print the document.
        DXBitmap bitmap = processor.CreateDXBitmap(1, 1000);
        PdfPrinterSettings pdfPrinterSettings = new PdfPrinterSettings();
        processor.Print(pdfPrinterSettings);
    }
}

Refer to the following topic for more information on how to control layer visibility: Manage Visibility of Layers (Optional Content Groups).

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