Need to flatten form fields in pdf

After a reader extensions enabled form has been submitted, we need to preserve a read-only version of the pdf. Where in the tangled mess of products and api's would I find a server-side version of the PDF Optimizer's flatten form fields feature?

Thank you Paul!
Could you please be so kind to help me build the right XFDF file?
I have tried already something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve">
<f href="Form.pdf"/>
     <fields>
          <field name ="DATASET">
               <field name ="FIELDNAME"><value>1</value></field>
          </field>
     </fields>
</xfdf>
But it doesn't work
I also have tried to fill it using xdp
Like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xfa generator="AdobeLiveCycleDesigner_V8.0" APIVersion="2.5.6290.0"?>
<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">
<xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/">
   <xfa:data xfa:dataNode="dataGroup"/>
   <dd:dataDescription xmlns:dd="http://ns.adobe.com/data-description/" dd:name="DATASET">
         <FIELDNAME />
   </dd:dataDescription>
</xfa:datasets>
<pdf href="Form.pdf" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/pdf/" />
<connectionSet xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-connection-set/2.4/">
   <xmlConnection name="Datenverbindung" dataDescription="DATASET">
      <uri>.\blank.xml</uri>
   </xmlConnection>
</connectionSet>
</xdp:xdp>
and blank.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DATASET>
   <FIELDNAME>Test</FIELDNAME>
</DATASET>
It doesn't work either. In both cases the PDF opens but the data will be not populated. :-(

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