Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : Flatten annotation in a PDF document http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:13:03 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:25:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2806 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : Hi Andrew,Yes, my previewer is...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11422.html#11422 Author: kk aw
Subject: 2806
Posted: 07 Jan 14 at 2:25AM

Hi Andrew,

Yes, my previewer is based on Debenu Quick PDF Library and I use the RenderPageTo.. functions.  

I am using version 9.16, as you can see from the codes.  

I will send you the sample PDF for your testing.

KK Aw
]]> Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:25:25 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11422.html#11422 <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : KK Aw,Is your PDF previewer based...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11421.html#11421 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 2806
Posted: 06 Jan 14 at 10:50PM

KK Aw,
Is your PDF previewer based on Debenu Quick PDF Library and RenderPageTo... type functions ?

The current 10.11 version of Debenu Quick PDF Library doesn't fully support the rendering of transparency and this is most likely the cause of your problems.  The soon to be released 10.12 version of the library will have much improved support for transparency rendering.

If you would like to send us the PDF to support@debenu.com then we can do some further testing with the soon to be released 10.12 version.

Andrew.
]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:50:05 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11421.html#11421 <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : Thanks Andrew, I get the drift.Now,...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11420.html#11420 Author: kk aw
Subject: 2806
Posted: 06 Jan 14 at 3:52AM

Thanks Andrew, I get the drift.

Now, my application recognizes all the highlights but on the first page, the highlights are not displayed.  On the second page, both the highlights are now opaque.

KK Aw

]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:52:22 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11420.html#11420 <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : KK Aw,When you flatten Annot 1...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11419.html#11419 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 2806
Posted: 06 Jan 14 at 3:14AM

KK Aw,

When you flatten Annot 1 then Annot 4 becomes Annot 3, Annot 4 becomes Annot 2 and so on. You are calling FlattenAnnot(1); and then moving onto FlattenAnnot(2) not realising that the old Annot 2 is now Annot 1 and has been skipped.

Try this instead

 for j:= iAnnotCount down 1 do

Andrew
]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:14:34 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11419.html#11419 <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : I use the following routine to...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11418.html#11418 Author: kk aw
Subject: 2806
Posted: 05 Jan 14 at 2:57PM

I use the following routine to flatten the annotations.  

procedure TMainform.FlattenHighlights(Qp: TDebenuPDFLibrary0916);
var
  iPagecount: Integer;
  iAnnotCount: Integer;
  i, j: Integer;
  s1: string;
  retval: Integer;
begin
  iPageCount:= Qp.PageCount;
  With Qp do
    begin
      For i:= 1 to iPagecount do
        begin
          QP.SelectPage(i);
          iAnnotCount:= qp.AnnotationCount;
          for j:= 1 to iAnnotCount do
            begin
              s1:= qp.GetAnnotStrProperty(j, 101);
              If sm.equalIC(s1,'Highlight') then
                begin
                  retval:= qp.FlattenAnnot(j, 0);
                  if retval = 0 then
                    ShowMessage(Format('Annotation No. %d cannot be flattened',[j]));
                end;
            end;
        end;
    end;
end;

I have 4 highlights on the first page and two on the second.  
The results of my test are as follows:
a)  Four annotation were found on the first page.  The annotation type of 1 and 3 were blank.
b)  Annotation 2 and 4 were displayed correctly in my PDF previewer.
c)  On the second page, the first highlight covers the text.  The second highlight was displayed correctly.

What have I done wrong or are there bugs in GetAnnotStrProperty and FlattenAnnot?

KK Aw

]]> Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:57:27 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11418.html#11418 <![CDATA[Flatten annotation in a PDF document : How do I flatten all the annotations...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/flatten-annotation-in-a-pdf-document_topic2806_post11417.html#11417 Author: kk aw
Subject: 2806
Posted: 04 Jan 14 at 11:39AM

How do I flatten all the annotations (highlights) on a PDF document?  There are so many different functions, and I am not sure about the sequence of using them.

Any help would be appreciated.

KK Aw
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