Hi Erik,
I've just tried overriding the PDFTemplateProcessor by merely changing the setFormFlattening(false) and it seems to have the desired effect of leaving the form fields intact.
So making it configurable would be good.
On 05/09/2013, at 3:39 AM, Erik Bruchez <
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> Yes you would have to modify or override that processor.
>
> I confess my ignorance as to whether doing setFormFlattening(false)
> would provide acceptable output in all cases. If so, then we could
> make that configurable.
>
> -Erik
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Lachlan Deck <
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>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm needing to produce a PDF file that has not been flattened (i.e., such that the form fields remain as editable form fields).
>>
>> I noticed in the PDFTemplateProcessor that form flattening is specifically being called :
>> stamper.setFormFlattening(true) // line 81
>>
>>
>> Is there an option somewhere to turn flattening off somehow? Or would I need to subclass it?
>>
>> If subclassing, is that the only option I would need to change in order to produce PDFs that remain editable but with some fields pre-populated?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Lachlan
>>
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