Annotations and Drawing Mark ups make Read Only?

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In my form I'd like to be able to make the annotations and mark ups Read Only after I set them on the page. I don't want the user to be able to select the, let's say, the Stamp I set on the page or any other annotations or mark ups I place on the page. I don't mean turning off the annotations tab section. Can someone please help me out? I've searched quite a bit and cannot find anything that would help. Is there a javascript that would do what I want? Can someone let me know? Thanks guys.

Karl Heinz Kremer · Answer

You can "flatten" your document after you apply your annotations. This will convert the annotations (and any other interactive elements) into static PDF content, After you flatten a document, there is no difference between the PDF content that was in your document before you added the annotations and the flattened annotations.

The JavaScript method that flattens your document (or individual pages) is Doc.flattenPages(): http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/11/Acrobat11_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Acrobat11…

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