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Hi,
We have a PDF template that has fields with a vertical orientation (270 degrees) and we have found that when we set the ReadOnly property on the fields the field is still oriented at 270 degrees but the text is rendered normally (0 degrees). We have attempted to get around the problem by not setting the read only property on the fields and disallowing ModifyContents, FillingFormFields, and Commenting just before calling the PdfDocument.Save method and the result was the same. Is there another work around or any way to maintain the properties of form fields when setting them to read only?
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Hi, Can you send us a sample PDF file that demonstrates the problem? See here for more details: https://www.essentialobjects.com/forum/test_project.aspxThanks!
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Sent a sample project yesterday. We noticed that this problem is only present for fields that are rotated 180 and 270 degrees but fields that are rotated 90 degrees are rendered correctly. This is demonstrated in the sample project that we sent in.
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Hi,
We have looked into the test file and this seems to a PDF Reader issue. Readonly is merely a flag in the PDF file and when you set PdfField.ReadOnly to true, that flag is set. However apparently not all PDF Viewer application can display the value correctly when this flag is set. During our test, neither Adobe Reader nor Chrome's built-in PDF Viewer can display it correctly. However Microsoft Edge's built-in PDF Viewer is able to display the value (even partially due to the fact that it doesn't seem to zoom the text correctly). Interesting enough, Internet Explorer can't display it due to the fact it uses Adobe's plugin. Since we have no control over various PDF Viewer's behavior, there isn't much we can do about this. :(
Thanks
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