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Bug 565152 - Checkboxes not working for PDF forms created in OpenOffice
Checkboxes not working for PDF forms created in OpenOffice
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: PDF
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-12-20 04:08 UTC by spam
Modified: 2009-01-01 18:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24

Attachments
Editable PDF form that does not work on Evince (26.78 KB, application/pdf)
2008-12-20 04:10 UTC, spam 		Details

Description spam 2008-12-20 04:08:31 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
For checkboxes created in OpenOffice 3.0, and I believe Scribus as well, the exported PDF forms do not work.  The checkboxes are blank and no checks appear when clicked.

These same PDFs work in acroread and even in GV.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open the attached PDF (bugreport.pdf)
2. Click on one of the check marks
3. Scratch your head because no tick appeared


Actual results:
Nothing

Expected results:
A check should appear in the box

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Example files for this bug can be found at the follwing website:

bugreport.odt - OpenOffice.org Writer doc that was used to generate the PDF
bugreport.pdf - Editable form that does not work in Evince but does in acroread
bugreport-filled.pdf - Form filled using iTextSharp that works in both (flattened)
Comment 1 spam 2008-12-20 04:09:15 UTC 
Sorry, the website with the files is at:

http://www.moneybuddy.ca/evincebug/
Comment 2 spam 2008-12-20 04:10:46 UTC 
Created attachment 125038 [details]
Editable PDF form that does not work on Evince

Same file as described as being available at moneybuddy.ca
Comment 3 Carlos Garcia Campos 2009-01-01 18:33:40 UTC 
It's a poppler issue. I've just forwarded it to the freedesktop bugzilla:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19359

Thanks for reporting.