[jira] [Commented] (PDFBOX-3809) PDAcroForm.flatten(PDField list, refreshAppearances boolean) flattens all form fields instead of specified ones.

["Joshua Layne (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Joshua Layne commented on PDFBOX-3809:
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also affects 2.0.5

> 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: 2.0.6
>            Reporter: Cristin Donaher
>            Priority: Minor
>
> 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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