[jira] [Created] (PDFBOX-3262) AcroForm flattening will cause hidden fields become visible

["Christian Brandt (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Christian Brandt created PDFBOX-3262:
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             Summary: AcroForm flattening will cause hidden fields become visible
                 Key: PDFBOX-3262
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3262
             Project: PDFBox
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: AcroForm
    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
            Reporter: Christian Brandt


Hi!

When I flatten a pdf file containing both visible and hidden fields, the hidden ones surprisingly become visible. I believe that the hidden ones should be kept hidden, e.g. by dropping them completely before flattening.

I made a workaround which removes hidden fields from the document before flattening but it would make sense that the library would do this automatically, and therefore I suspect that this is a bug.

Cheers!






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