Dear list,
Is there any FOSS PDF reader for Linux that supports XFA forms ?
(I already tried evince, okular and pdf.js without success.)
Thank you for your help,
Piotr Chmielnicki @piotrcki
On 11/05/2016 01:58 PM, Piotr Chmielnicki wrote:
Is there any FOSS PDF reader for Linux that supports XFA forms ?
XFA is proprietary and not Standard according to Wikipedia[1]. I doubt you will find a FOSS PDF Reader for something like this.
I'm sorry to say that.
Best Regards, Thomas
On 05/11/2016 14:16, Thomas Doczkal wrote:
On 11/05/2016 01:58 PM, Piotr Chmielnicki wrote:
Is there any FOSS PDF reader for Linux that supports XFA forms ?
XFA is proprietary and not Standard according to Wikipedia[1]. I doubt you will find a FOSS PDF Reader for something like this.
I'm sorry to say that.
Best Regards, Thomas
Indeed, it's not listed on pdfreaders.org: http://pdfreaders.org/os.en.html
I'm still not sure how it's related with JavaScript (which can also be used in forms, but is it part of XFA or not?). Evince does support regular forms quite well OTOH...
Why would you need those? Do you have autogenerated PDFs that you don't have control over?
Btw, it seems that pdftk can strip the XFA data: https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-man-page/#dest-drop-xfa "If your input PDF is a form created using Acrobat 7 or Adobe Designer, then it probably has XFA data. Filling such a form using pdftk yields a PDF with data that fails to display in Acrobat 7. The workaround solution is to remove the form’s XFA data, either before you fill the form using pdftk or at the time you fill the form. Using this option causes pdftk to omit the XFA data from the output PDF form."
François.
On 11/05/2016 11:20 PM, François Revol wrote:
Why would you need those? Do you have autogenerated PDFs that you don't have control over?
Yes, an organization provided me a PDF form to fill. The file is given as is.
Thank you for your help, I feel like there is no solution here by now.
Have a nice week-end!
Piotr Chmielnicki @piotrcki
And sometimes even a public entity provide such forms! For example the European Commission uses these non standard PDFs for Erasmus+ applications. I believe this should be criticized at all levels.
Best regards,
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Piotr Chmielnicki piotr@chmielnicki.com wrote:
On 11/05/2016 11:20 PM, François Revol wrote:
Why would you need those? Do you have autogenerated PDFs that you don't have control over?
Yes, an organization provided me a PDF form to fill. The file is given as is.
Thank you for your help, I feel like there is no solution here by now.
Have a nice week-end!
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On 11/06/2016 04:37 PM, Mattia Monga wrote:
And sometimes even a public entity provide such forms! For example the European Commission uses these non standard PDFs for Erasmus+ applications. I believe this should be criticized at all levels.
Indeed, it's very common in France.
BTW, is that legal for an administration to force you to use a proprietary software (Acrobat Reader) and one of the two proprietary OSs that support it (Windows or Mac OS)? It's like forcing you to accept a commercial contract with a private corporation.
Piotr Chmielnicki @piotrcki
Piotr Chmielnicki:
Yes, an organization provided me a PDF form to fill. The file is given
as is.
When i had to do this for a suppler, I used libre office which has pdf import addon which i think is included by default now... yes...
I think its only in impress you can use it.
Did the job for me.
other wise theres: sudo apt-get install xournal which you can use to annotate pdfs instead of editing them, for a plan b if libre office should not work out for you, or for a lighter on mem app.