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Ricky Baker commented on PDFBOX-3809:
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@[~msahyoun]
i attached the pdf (this is a pdf from
[https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/request-advance-or-reimbursement)]
accessible by anyone. The other attachment a screen shot of some of the fields
we are trying to automate. The yellow highlighted are to be entered and the
green highlight is calculated from those values.
Ricky
> PDAcroForm.flatten(PDField list, refreshAppearances boolean) flattens all
> form fields instead of specified ones.
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> Key: PDFBOX-3809
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3809
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: AcroForm
> Affects Versions: 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7
> Reporter: Cristin Donaher
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: Example of fields that need to enter and the calculated
> field from those values.docx, sf270.pdf
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> Thanks for the excellent PDF library. For my use case I need to flatten a
> subset of the AcroForm fields. I was attempting to use the
> PDAcroForm.flatten call, passing in my field list. However, after the method
> is called, all the fields are gone.
> The method itself appears to remove all PDFAnnotationWidgets from each page
> and at the end clears the acroform's field set.
> Is the javadoc description (This will flatten the specified form fields.)
> just misleading? Could a flatten call for a subset of fields be added?
> Thanks
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