Yes, I forgot to mention the version. It's 2.0.24. I'll definitely take a look at the fixups you mention.
Thanks, Constantine -- There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! - Richard P. Feynman On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 5:51 PM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > Hello Constantine, > > which version of PDFBox are you using? > > Flatten of AcroForm works from the Fields entry so if there are no > entries and only Widget Annotations they remain as is. We introduced a > number of fixups last year (PDFBox 2.0.22) which can be exectuted and > build the Fields entry from existing widget annotations. > > PDDocumentCatalog.getAcroForm(PDDocumentFixup) > > BR > Maruan > > Am Donnerstag, dem 23.12.2021 um 15:52 +0200 schrieb Constantine > Dokolas: > > I need to make sure I understand how flattening is supposed to > > operate. > > > > I have a PDF that, as far as I can tell, was an AcroForm that > > underwent > > some sort of partial flattening. What I see when opening it with the > > debugger, is a normal AcroForm object but without any fields. > > Instead, the > > widget annotations contain the T and V entries themselves. > > > > AcroForm.flatten() does not embed these widgets. However, PDFium does > > embed > > these and so does the Aspose PDF library. > > > > Is this the intended behavior? > > > > Thanks in advance and keep up the good work! > > Constantine > > > > -- > > There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers > > knows > > about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with > > the > > work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! > > - Richard P. Feynman > > -- > -- > Maruan Sahyoun > > FileAffairs GmbH > Josef-Schappe-Straße 21 > 40882 Ratingen > > Tel: +49 (2102) 89497 88 > Fax: +49 (2102) 89497 91 > sahy...@fileaffairs.de > www.fileaffairs.de > > Geschäftsführer: Maruan Sahyoun > Handelsregister: AG Düsseldorf, HRB 53837 > UST.-ID: DE248275827 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > >
