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PdfFormXFA Property

Gets a collection of StoredStream objects that represent packets of XFA data contained within a PDF Document. Each StoredStream will contain XML data that represents the XFA data. XFA may be contained within a single stream or within a collection of packets, each of which represents a subsection of the XFA model.

Namespace:  Atalasoft.PdfDoc.Generating.Forms
Assembly:  Atalasoft.PdfDoc (in Atalasoft.PdfDoc.dll) Version: 11.4.0.9.0.377 (.NET 4.5.2, x86)
Syntax
public IList<StoredStream> XFA { get; }

Property Value

Type: IListStoredStream
Remarks
DotPdf makes no guarantees about the correctness of the data contained within the XFA packets nor will DotPdf make any attempt to validate data that is provided by client code or other sources before writing the streams to the file. Note that if the source document is signed, saving the new document will generate an exception. See DocumentWasSigned for more information.
Examples
PdfGeneratedDocument doc = new PdfGeneratedDocument("myform.pdf"); if (doc.Form == null) return; foreach (StoredStream sstm in doc.Form.XFA) { ProcessXFAPacket(sstm.Aquire()); sstm.Release(); } PdfGenerateDocument changedoc = new PdfGeneratedDocument("myform.pdf"); if (doc.Form == null return; if (doc.DocumentWasSigned) return; // can't reliably edit a signed document TempFileStreamProvider provider = new TempFileStreamProvider(); StoredStream sstm = provider.MakeStream(); Stream stm = sstm.Aquire(); CopyNewXFAPacketToStream(stm); sstm.Release(); doc.Form.XFA.Add(sstm); doc.Save("newdataadded.pdf");
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