Funktion zur Aufhebung der Formfelder im Signiervorgang - Class EnvelopeEditorController, Class FlattenFormFields

EnvelopeGenerator.Form/Helper/FlattenFormFields.vb

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+Imports System.IO
+Imports GdPicture14
+
+Public Class FlattenFormFields
+
+    Public Shared Function FlattenFormFields(pFilePath As String) As String
+
+        Dim oFolder As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(pFilePath)
+
+        Dim gdpicturePdf As GdPicturePDF = New GdPicturePDF()
+
+        Dim status As GdPictureStatus = gdpicturePdf.LoadFromFile(pFilePath, True)
+        If status = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+
+            Dim oFormFieldsCount = gdpicturePdf.GetFormFieldsCount()
+            If oFormFieldsCount > 0 Then
+                gdpicturePdf.FlattenFormFields()
+
+                Dim newFilesPath As String = Path.Combine(oFolder, "InputFieldsFlattend_" & Path.GetFileName(pFilePath))
+                If gdpicturePdf.SaveToFile(newFilesPath) = GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+                    Return newFilesPath
+                End If
+
+            End If
+
+        End If
+
+        Return pFilePath
+
+    End Function
+
+End Class