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Flatten form fields and annotations into the page content stream

Source: R/form_field_setters.R
pdf_page_flatten.Rd

Wraps FPDFPage_Flatten. After flattening, form widgets and annotations are baked into the page's content stream as static graphics — they no longer exist as interactive objects. This is irreversible: there is no pdf_page_unflatten(). Use this before saving a final-state PDF that downstream consumers must not edit.

Usage

pdf_page_flatten(page, mode = c("display", "print"))

Arguments

page

A pdfium_page from pdf_page_load(). Parent doc must be readwrite.

mode

Character scalar; one of "display" or "print".

Value

Invisibly returns the parent pdfium_doc.

Details

Two modes:

  • "display" (default) — bake the on-screen appearance of every annot / widget.

  • "print" — bake the print-time appearance instead.

Returns the page invisibly. The parent page's dirty mark is set so pdf_save() picks up the change.

See also

pdf_save().