Testing the document linked in Comment #17 (fw4.pdf) works for me. I am
able to change data, then save the form to the desktop. When I re-open
the saved form, my data is there and I can continue working on it.
$ pdfinfo fw4.pdf
Title: 2012 Form W-4
Subject: Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
Keywords: Fillable
Author: SE:W:CAR:MP
Creator: Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2
Producer: Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2
CreationDate: Wed Dec 2 13:53:19 2009
ModDate: Fri Dec 2 13:55:40 2011
Tagged: yes
Pages: 2
Encrypted: no
Page size: 611.976 x 791.968 pts (letter)
File size: 109930 bytes
Optimized: no
PDF version: 1.7
You will still receive an error message "The file could not be saved as
"[..]". Document is ecrypted" with the document in comment #14
(IMM5406E.PDF).
$ pdfinfo IMM5406E.PDF
Title: IMM 5406E : Additional Family Information
Author: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2
Producer: Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (Windows)
CreationDate: Tue Jun 11 18:01:20 2002
ModDate: Thu Dec 31 11:39:14 2009
Tagged: no
Pages: 1
Encrypted: yes (print:yes copy:no change:no addNotes:no)
Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter)
File size: 89569 bytes
Optimized: no
PDF version: 1.6
It appears that the ability to save form data in unsigned, unecrypted
documents is working in Precise. It is still not possible to save signed
documents with changed form data.
- evince 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.4
- poppler 0.8.14
Adobe Acroread from the partner repo has no problems saving the files,
signed or not.
ii acroread 9.4.7-1oneiric1
Adobe Reader
ii acroread-common 9.5.1-1precise1
Adobe Reader - Common Files
Thanks,
Eric
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492959
Title:
Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
Status in Evince document viewer:
Confirmed
Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: evince
Whenever I open a PDF form, and make a change to it (any change, such as
filling a field), and then try to save a copy on Evince, the resulting file is
empty. Not as in empty fields, but as in zero-bytes-long file.
However, when trying to save a copy before any changes have been made, it
works fine.
This is not the same as bug 299409, since in that bug the resulting
files are not empty.
The particular form I'm trying to fill is
http://www.box.net/shared/static/ia8aliz8ne.pdf
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/492959/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
