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[John - Tracker Supp]

We are in the process of evaluating the tracker ActiveX and so far things look pretty good but we have a question.

Here is what we need to accomplish:

1. Start with a blank PDF.
2. A medical records analyst adds an Sticky note and a line (comment) to the document.
3. Later a Medical Records review person needs to redact a certain portion of the document because a physician accidentally put say HIV information on a History and Physical document - using a text box and 'fallatening'

4. NOTE: Through creating a custom style, we figured how to apply the style to a rectangle comment to achieve the redaction; however, it is only a “layer” and can be moved by anyone viewing the document. We need to “burn” or “flatten” this markup, without flattening the Sticky note or line left by the original analyst.


Is there a programmatic way to get and set the list of “comments” that were added to a PDF document. For example, if we have a PDF document and we had a line, box and a sticky note, is there a way to programmatically get those, hold onto them for a minute while we are manipulating the document and put them back on.

Thanks,
Jon Stonis
Product Planner

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

3. Later a Medical Records review person needs to redact a certain portion of the document because a physician accidentally put say HIV information on a History and Physical document - using a text box and 'fallatening'

We will to add 'redaction' tool in the near future (possible in 43 build).

Is there a programmatic way to get and set the list of “comments” that were added to a PDF document. For example, if we have a PDF document and we had a line, box and a sticky note, is there a way to programmatically get those, hold onto them for a minute while we are manipulating the document and put them back on.

You can use special Java Script for this (by RunJavaScript routine in our ActiveX control):

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function lockAnnots(nPage, bReadOnly)
{
    var a = this.getAnnots(nPage);
    if (a != null)
    {
      for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++) a[i].readOnly = bReadOnly;
    }
}
lockAnnots(0, true); // lock all annotations on the first page