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PdfPageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType[]) Method

Flattens all page annotations with the specified types.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

#Declaration

public void FlattenAnnotations(
    params PdfAnnotationType[] types
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
types PdfAnnotationType[]

An array of annotation types.

#Remarks

The code sample below flattens all text annotations on the first page:

using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
  // Load a document
  processor.LoadDocument("..\\..\\Document.pdf");
  PdfDocumentFacade documentFacade = processor.DocumentFacade;
  PdfPageFacade pageFacade = documentFacade.Pages[0];

  // Flatten all text annotations
  pageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(PdfAnnotationType.Text);

  // Save the result
  processor.SaveDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
}
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("..\\..\\Result.pdf");
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