ByteScout Premium Suite – VB.NET – Flatten pdf form with pdf sdk

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flatten pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Premium Suite

How to apply ByteScout Premium Suite for flatten pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET

We regularly create and update our sample code library so you may quickly learn flatten pdf form with pdf sdk and the step-by-step process in VB.NET. ByteScout Premium Suite helps with flatten pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

The below SDK samples describe how to quickly make your application do flatten pdf form with pdf sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. If you want to implement this functionality, you should copy and paste code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your application. Use of ByteScout Premium Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to flatten a filled PDF form (make it uneditable).
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Load filled PDF form
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document("filled_form.pdf")
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

        ' Flatten the form
        pdfDocument.FlattenDocument()

        ' Save modified document
        pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

        ' Cleanup 
		pdfDocument.Dispose()

        ' Open document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class