What software is your client using to fill out the form!??!?!
On 9/16/11 5:43 PM, "Andy Wu" <[email protected]> wrote: >Does the fact that when I've filled in the form myself and saved it with >Adobe Reader, it flattens without issue rule out that possibility? > >Andy > >On 16/09/2011 16:40, Paulo Soares wrote: >> It may be a dynamic LiveCycle form and iText can't flatten those. >>You'll have to show us the PDF. >> >> Paulo >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andy Wu [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 4:34 PM >> To: Post all your questions about iText here >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Form Flattening >> >> Hi Paulo, >> >> Thanks for the prompt reply, >> >> The PDF returned from the client as >> PdfStamper.getAcroFields().getFields() returns 0 fields so I can't >> readily loop over the fields to do that. I can certainly call it with >> the field names having prior knowledge of what should be there but I >> guess that's not what you meant and it doesn't appear to work. >> >> Thanks >> Andy >> >> On 16/09/2011 16:25, Paulo Soares wrote: >>> Look like they are not generating the appearances. Call >>>AcroFields.regenerateField() for each field to regenerate the >>>appearances and make flattening working. >>> >>> Paulo >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Andy Wu [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 3:58 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [iText-questions] Form Flattening >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have an issue with attempting to flatten forms where the data is >>> disappearing. If I open the original form in Adobe Reader, fill it in >>> and save it, I have no problem flattening it. >>> >>> However when our end clients are filling them in and return them to us, >>> flattening them with iText results in the data disappearing. I can >>> flatten the PDF with Nitro PDF Reader and it has no issues with it so >>> I'm wondering what I could be missing in my iText usage as all the >>> examples I've seen just point to setFormFlattening( true ). >>> >>> Can any experts point me in the right direction? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Andy >> Aviso Legal: >> Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. Pode conter >>informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A incorrecta >>transmissão desta mensagem não significa a perca de confidencialidade. >>Se esta mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta >>para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido a >>qualquer pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou distribuir >>qualquer parte desta mensagem. >> >> Disclaimer: >> This message is destined exclusively to the intended receiver. It may >>contain confidential or legally protected information. The incorrect >>transmission of this message does not mean the loss of its >>confidentiality. If this message is received by mistake, please send it >>back to the sender and delete it from your system immediately. It is >>forbidden to any person who is not the intended receiver to use, >>distribute or copy any part of this message. >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- >> BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >>reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >>http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA >http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 >_______________________________________________ >iText-questions mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
