Problem with Flattening Fields

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We get a lot of interactive PDFs with fillable fields and need to flatten them so they cannot be modified.
Several of the PDFs we have received recently have the data removed from them instead of having the data's visual appearance drawn onto the page. 
I have tried using both the UpdateAndFlattenFormField function and calling UpdateAppearanceStream followed by a call to FlattenFormField.  Both methods return 1 indicating the field was flattened successfully but when the resulting PDF is viewed or printed, the flattened data is shown in the lower left corner in a much smaller font.

I have uploaded the Original PDF and the Flattened PDF to: http://www.filedropper.com/flatten

Would you please take a look at them and tell me what I can do to get the Original PDF flattened properly?

Thanks,
Tom

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	We get a lot of interactive PDFs with fillable fields and need to flatten them so they cannot be modified. Several of the PDFs we have received recently have the data removed from them instead of having the data's visual appearance drawn onto the page. I have tried using both the UpdateAndFlattenFormField function and calling UpdateAppearanceStream followed by a call to FlattenFormField. Both methods return 1 indicating the field was flattened successfully but when the resulting PDF is viewed or printed, the flattened data is shown in the lower left corner in a much smaller font. I have uploaded the Original PDF and the Flattened PDF to: http://www.filedropper.com/flatten Would you please take a look at them and tell me what I can do to get the Original PDF flattened properly? Thanks, Tom