How to set a OCG layer to be off by default when opening a PDF?

Question:

I have a PDF file, that contains layers. One of the layers is set to display by default, but I want to modify the PDF so that the layer is off by default.

Answer:

Given the layer name is in the variable layer_to_turn_off, then the following code will do this.

using (PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filepath)) { doc.InitSecurityHandler(); Config config = doc.GetOCGConfig(); Obj ocgs = doc.GetOCGs(); if (ocgs == null) return; int ocg_sz = ocgs.Size(); for(int i = 0; i < ocg_sz; ++i) { Obj ocg = ocgs.GetAt(i); Group group = new Group(ocg); string ocg_name = group.GetName(); Console.WriteLine(ocg_name); if (ocg_name == layer_to_turn_off) group.SetInitialState(config, false); } doc.Save(outfilepath, SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_linearized); }