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PdfPageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(String[]) Method

Flattens page annotations with the specified names.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

#Declaration

public void FlattenAnnotations(
    params string[] names
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
names String[]

An array of annotation names.

#Remarks

The code sample below flattens the first two annotations on the first page:

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

  var annotations = pageFacade.Annotations;
  string[] names = { annotations[0].Name, annotations[1].Name };

  // Flatten annotations with specified names
  pageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(names);

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