PdfPageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(String[]) Method

Flattens page annotations with the specified names.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v21.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void FlattenAnnotations(
    params string[] names
)

VB.NET

Public Sub FlattenAnnotations(
    ParamArray names As String()
)

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:

C#

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");

VB.NET

Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()
  'Load a document:
  processor.LoadDocument("..\..\Document.pdf")
  Dim pageFacade As PdfDocumentFacade = processor.DocumentFacade.Pages[0]

  Dim annotations = pageFacade.Annotations
  Dim names() As String = { annotations(0).Name, annotations(1).Name }

  ' Flatten annotations with specified names
  pageFacade.FlattenAnnotations(names)

  ' Save the result
  processor.SaveDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")
End Using
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("..\..\Result.pdf")