Fantastic explanation - thank you. -----Original Message----- From: mkl [mailto:m...@wir-sind-cool.org] Sent: 12 October 2012 11:18 To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [iText-questions] [SPAM] Re: How to keep a PDF editable after populating some form fields
Julian, Julian Willing wrote > My understanding is that: > [Form flattening] - All form fields are read-only. If one was to > search for all form fields programmatically they would not "exist". > [Read-Only] - Form fields are read-only (not editable). Form fields > are searchable programmatically however. You got the essential difference. In other words... Form fields which you can fill in are explicit named structures in the PDF. When they are flattened, their content is integrated into the regular page content and the named structure is removed without any hint that there used to be some form field. When form fields are marked read-only instead, the explicit structure remains but a flag is added to it saying "read-only". Regards, Michael -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/How-to-keep-a-PDF-editable-after-populating-some-form-fields-tp4656584p4656593.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net 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
