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[jira] [Updated] (PDFBOX-3586) Unable to detect form - pdCatalog.getAcroForm() return null

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3586?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

steve neo updated PDFBOX-3586:
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    Description: 
I have a PDF document which has form.  I can type either from browser, Adobe  reader, they all have a editable form. But when I use getAcroForm(), it return null.   The PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Uah3i8yt9qTUVldFVWeTFob2c/view?usp=sharing

{code}
        PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(input);
        PDDocumentCatalog pdCatalog = document.getDocumentCatalog();
        PDAcroForm formPdf = pdCatalog.getAcroForm();
        if (formPdf != null) {
            formPdf.flatten();
        }
{code}

  was:
I have a PDF document which has form - I can type either from browser, Adobe  reader, they all have a editable form. But when I use getAcroForm(), it return null.  

        PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(input);
        PDDocumentCatalog pdCatalog = document.getDocumentCatalog();
        PDAcroForm formPdf = pdCatalog.getAcroForm();
        if (formPdf != null) {
            formPdf.flatten();
        }



> Unable to detect form - pdCatalog.getAcroForm() return null
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-3586
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3586
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.3
>         Environment: Latest macOS Sierra 10.12.1. Java 1.8.0_73
>            Reporter: steve neo
>
> I have a PDF document which has form.  I can type either from browser, Adobe  reader, they all have a editable form. But when I use getAcroForm(), it return null.   The PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Uah3i8yt9qTUVldFVWeTFob2c/view?usp=sharing
> {code}
>         PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(input);
>         PDDocumentCatalog pdCatalog = document.getDocumentCatalog();
>         PDAcroForm formPdf = pdCatalog.getAcroForm();
>         if (formPdf != null) {
>             formPdf.flatten();
>         }
> {code}



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