Brook,
Please find the code below with inline comments :)
This code is working fine... just set the variables of for input & output
files according to your need and also the form field population part. This
should do it... I just tested the code too and it works fine. I have tested
this code with form created in Adobe LiveCycle 8.0
It's actually the "setFormFlattening" property which performs flattening.
You need to set it TRUE.
I hope this helps.
<cfset inputFile = "c:\path to my source form\myform.pdf">
<cfset OutputFile1 = "c:\path to my output file unflattened\out1.pdf">
<cfset OutputFile2 = "c:\path to my output file flattened\out2.pdf">
<cfscript>
savedErrorMessage = "";
// cfSearching: All file paths are relative to the current directory
fullPathToInputFile = inputFile;
fullPathToOutputFile1 = OutputFile1;
fullPathToOutputFile2 = OutputFile2;
try {
// we create a reader for a certain document
pdfReader1 = createObject("java",
"com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader").init(fullPathToInputFile);
//cfSearching: fill in the form fields but do not flatten the
form
outputStream1 = createObject("java",
"java.io.FileOutputStream").init(fullPathToOutputFile1);
pdfStamper1 = createObject("java",
"com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper").init(pdfReader1, outputStream1);
form1 = pdfStamper1.getAcroFields();
//Populating Form Fields
//form1.setField("formfield1", value1);
//form1.setField("formfield2", value2);
//Flatening the form parameter - keeping it value false will
not flaten
the form
pdfStamper1.setFormFlattening(false);
//cfSearching: fill in the form fields AND flatten the form
pdfReader2 = createObject("java",
"com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader").init(fullPathToInputFile);
outputStream2 = createObject("java",
"java.io.FileOutputStream").init(fullPathToOutputFile2);
pdfStamper2 = createObject("java",
"com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper").init(pdfReader2, outputStream2);
form2 = pdfStamper2.getAcroFields();
//Populating form fileds for fomr2
//form2.setField("form2field1", "myValue");
//form2.setField("form2field2", "myValue2");
//Flatening the form parameter - keeping it value true will
flaten the
form
pdfStamper2.setFormFlattening(true);
WriteOutput("Finished!");
}
catch (java.language.Exception de) {
savedErrorMessage = de;
}
// cfSearching: close the stamper and output stream objects
pdfStamper1.close();
outputStream1.close();
pdfStamper2.close();
outputStream2.close();
</cfscript>
Regards,
Arsalan
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From: "Brook Davies" <cft...@logiforms.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:52 PM
To: "cf-talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com>
Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
>
> Come on Arsalan, you say " then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big
> deal :) you can use iText java"
>
> So then, please do tell me, or show me the code that makes this possible?
> Brook
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brook Davies [mailto:cft...@logiforms.com]
> Sent: September-01-09 1:49 PM
> To: cf-talk
> Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
>
>
> It does not seem to be possible to do flatten XFA forms, even directly via
> itext. We've tried....
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arsalan Tariq Keen [mailto:arsalk...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: September-01-09 4:28 AM
> To: cf-talk
> Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
>
>
> if you people are concerned about flattening LiveCucle Forms (xml based
> pdf
> forms) using coldfusion ... then let me tell you ... it's not much of a
> big
> deal :) you can use iText java library pre-installed with CF (Adobe
> CF/Railo/Bluedragon) directly for this purpose :)
>
> Regards,
> Arsalan
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Paul Hastings" <p...@sustainablegis.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:58 PM
> To: "cf-talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com>
> Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
>
>>
>> might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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