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Bug 579655 - form support does not work with forms created by pdflatex
form support does not work with forms created by pdflatex
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 535143
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: PDF
git master
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-20 20:56 UTC by Adam Buchbinder
Modified: 2009-04-21 09:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24

Attachments
PDF triggering the bug. (12.61 KB, application/pdf)
2009-04-20 20:57 UTC, Adam Buchbinder 		Details

Description Adam Buchbinder 2009-04-20 20:56:43 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
PDF forms created using pdftex/pdflatex cannot be edited using evince. They work fine in acroread/acrobat.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open the attached PDF in Evince.
2. Look for a form field.
3. Open the attached PDF in Acroread (make sure you have the form plugin installed).
4. Look for a form field.


Actual results:
The form field shows up only in Acroread.

Expected results:
The form field should show up both in Acroread and in Evince.

Does this happen every time?
Yes; this is repeatable.

Other information:
This was originally reported on Launchpad:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032
Comment 1 Adam Buchbinder 2009-04-20 20:57:37 UTC 
Created attachment 132989 [details]
PDF triggering the bug.
Comment 2 Nickolay V. Shmyrev 2009-04-20 21:42:57 UTC 
Poppler bug probably although I'm not sure. We need to check with okular.
Comment 3 Carlos Garcia Campos 2009-04-21 09:24:55 UTC 
Look at the root form fileds array:

4 0 obj
 << /Fields [] /DR << /Font << /ZaDb 2 0 R /Helv 3 0 R >> >> /DA (/Helv 10 Tf 0 g ) /NeedAppearances true >>
endobj

According to the pdf spec the Fields array is required and contains references to the document’s root fields. 

it's a dupl of bug #535143.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 535143 ***