PdfDocumentProcessor.FlattenForm() Method

Flattens an entire interactive form.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool FlattenForm()

VB.NET

Public Function FlattenForm As Boolean

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true If the interactive form is flattened successfully; false If the document doesn’t contain an interactive form that should be flattened.

Remarks

You can call the FlattenForm method the following way:

C#

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor()) {
     processor.LoadDocument("Demo.pdf");
     if (processor.FlattenForm())
          processor.SaveDocument("Result.pdf");
}

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
    processor.LoadDocument("Demo.pdf")
    If processor.FlattenForm() Then
        processor.SaveDocument("Result.pdf")
    End If
End Using

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VB.NET

pdf-document-api-flatten-interactive-form/VB/FlattenInteractiveForm/Program.vb#L22

' Flatten a whole interactive form.
If processor.FlattenForm() Then
    ' Save a document with the flattened form.