I'll take some of that back--I can add new checkboxes, but I can't remove checks placed before flattening.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 3:28 PM Thad Humphries <thad.humphr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am seeing the same behavior that Dick is seeing with Tillman's file in > Preview (Version 10.1 (944.6.16.1)), but not with a file of my own. > > In the past two weeks I was asked to write program to fill in a PDF form > from a file of name:value pairs, and flatten it. I > used ((PDCheckBox)pdField).check() and ((PDCheckBox)pdField).unCheck() for > the checkboxes and pdField.setValue(value) for others of field type "Btn" > and for "Tx", then flattened and saved the result with > > acroForm.flatten(); > pdfDocument.save(outpdf); > pdfDocument.close(); > > The resulting file in truly flat. I cannot alter the checkboxes or any > other field in Preview. > > The original form was created on a Mac with PDFpenPro, but I don't know > the version. I can post my code if desired, but I can't release the PDF > without permission, and the person responsible for it is out of the office > all next week. > > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 2:33 PM Dick Martin <rtmar...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >> Aleksandar and Tilman, >> I was curious as I use MacOS. I opened Tilman's result file in Preview. I >> was indeed able to place a checkmark in the checkboxes. Interestingly, I >> could also drag the checkmark around out of the box. I opened the file >> (saved in Preview with 2 checkboxes checked) with Adobe Reader (Mac), >> Acrobat X (Win7), and PDFCreator(from Nuance; Win7). I all 3 of those, >> the >> checkboxes were disabled (couldn't set a checkmark) but, interestingly, I >> still could drag the checkmark out of the box. So, it does look like >> idiosyncratic behavior of Mac Preview app. >> Dick >> >> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 1:16 PM Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> >> wrote: >> >> > Am 22.02.2020 um 18:33 schrieb Aleksandar Simic: >> > > Hello Tilman >> > > >> > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 4:08 PM Tilman Hausherr < >> thaush...@t-online.de> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> What PDFBox version are you using? >> > >> >> > > I was using 2.0.16 >> > > >> https://github.com/dotemacs/pdfboxing/blob/flatten-form/project.clj#L7 >> > > >> > > I tested it with the trunk and it works fine. >> > > Here is my Java code: >> > > https://gist.github.com/ff9fb8ccf11abeb2ac6c1c461f2c1eb9 >> > > >> > > Compiled it with PDFBox 2.0.18 and commons-logging 1.1.2. >> > > >> > > Opening it in macOS' Preview PDF viewer, I can still check the >> > checkboxes. >> > > But *not* in Adobe's Acrobat Reader DC version 2020.006.20034. >> > > >> > > The upgraded the Clojure project and the behaviour is the same: >> > > - I can check the checkboxes in Preview >> > > - I can't check the checkboxes in Acrobat Reader DC >> > > >> > > What PDF viewer did you use to verify the flattening ? >> > >> > >> > Adobe Reader DC. >> > >> > Here's my result file: >> > >> > http://www.filedropper.com/interactiveform-saved >> > >> > I looked with PDFDebugger, there are no more checkbox fields. >> > >> > Please try with that file. >> > >> > If my file brings the same effect, then I'd say this is a weird behavior >> > of MacOS Preview. Maybe it transforms anything that looks like a >> > checkbox into a field? >> > >> > >> > > >> > > Btw using getFields() is not correct (see javadoc why) >> > > Looking at: >> > > >> > > >> > >> https://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/2.0.13/javadocs/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html#getFields-- >> > > >> > > (Note: 2.0.13 is the latest documentation linked from >> > > https://pdfbox.apache.org/ ) >> > > >> > > Is the reason that .getFields returns only the top level fields and >> not >> > the >> > > nested ones? >> > > So I'll have to loop through them to flatten all the child fields? >> > >> > >> > No, this is more a general observation. I don't think you have to set >> > then readonly at all. >> > >> > Tilman >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > Thank you for your time >> > > Aleksandar >> > > >> > > >> > > Am 22.02.2020 um 16:45 schrieb Aleksandar Simic: >> > >>> Hello PDFBox users >> > >>> >> > >>> I'm trying to flatten a PDF form so that it's no longer editable. >> > >>> >> > >>> I can flatten the text fields, but the checkboxes are still editable >> > >>> (you're able to check them). >> > >>> >> > >>> I am doing this in Clojure, but that should not (I hope) do anything >> > >> special >> > >>> I get a PDF, get its forms and then I set them to read only. >> > >>> >> > >>> Is there a step that I'm missing? >> > >>> >> > >>> The code in question is here: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> https://github.com/dotemacs/pdfboxing/commit/d62a3da18de258a5ca596b22cfa42d4552de9d60 >> > >>> The form I'm trying to edit is here: >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> https://github.com/dotemacs/pdfboxing/blob/flatten-form/test/pdfs/interactiveform.pdf >> > >> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org >> > >> > >> > > > -- > "Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we > are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher > Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v. 111-13) > -- "Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v. 111-13)
