Save as Dialog after newly built PDF

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Hello,I am using the Quick PDF Library during the Trial Period. I filled a given Form (used as a Template) with the SetFormFieldValueByTitle Property. That works so far. A new flattened PDF-Form will be created. When I opened the new PDF File with lets say Acrobat Reader and close it immediatly I was asked "Would you like to save changes Yes/No/Cancel".
What changes could that be? This dialog makes me a bit nervous.

Greetings Tom

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zero_g Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Jan 12 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote zero_g Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Save as Dialog after newly built PDF Posted: 19 Jan 12 at 7:07PM
	Hello, I am using the Quick PDF Library during the Trial Period. I filled a given Form (used as a Template) with the SetFormFieldValueByTitle Property. That works so far. A new flattened PDF-Form will be created. When I opened the new PDF File with lets say Acrobat Reader and close it immediatly I was asked "Would you like to save changes Yes/No/Cancel". What changes could that be? This dialog makes me a bit nervous. Greetings Tom

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 12 at 9:35PM
	If you are flattening formfields then it is most likely there are some fields still present and the NeedAppearances flag is still turned on so Acrobat is attempting to update the appearance streams. The following line after your LoadFromFile call should fix the problem. QP.SetNeedAppearances(0); To remove all the formfields you could do the following for (int i= QP.FormFieldCount(); i>=1 ; i++) // for I = QP.FormFieldCount downto 1 QP.DeleteFormField(i);

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jan 12 at 10:07AM
	Hi Tom! Flattened or not ... there are still fragments from a form type pdf inside the content and acrobat is searching for it and gives you the warning message. Cheers and welcome here, Ingo

zero_g Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Jan 12 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote zero_g Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 12 at 4:31PM
	Hallo AndrewC, thank you for your help. I inserted the DeleteFormField() Command and now it works very well. It seems that the SetNeedAppearances() is (in my case) not necessary. Thanks to all. Tom