Re: pdf export option for FilterData and ExportFormFields
On 12/02/2013 Peter Eberlein wrote: Am 05.02.2013 22:34, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: Do you mean that not only you wish that OpenOffice export fields as enterable fields (which it already does) but that the PDF file produced by OpenOffice should also support the ability to save form content? But is this ability a document property or something that depends on the PDF reader being used? Yes, I mean the ability to save the content of form fields. ... It's a document property and doesn't depend on the reader. I had a look. Actually it is more complex, i.e., as it happens for other document properties, readers have different behavior in obeying or ignoring restrictions. I created a simple form (using the Form Controls toolbar) with OpenOffice 3.4.1. Then I opened it using Evince, and I was able to save the filled-out form with no problems; from the link you sent, it seems that the same would happen if one uses FoxIt Reader. But then I tried to open it with Adobe Reader (9.5.3) and indeed it didn't allow me to save the form. So I opened an enhancement issue to see whether we may make Adobe Reader happy: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121782 Note that the general issue was already extensively discussed in https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=73696 but it's a discussion from over 6 years ago and many details do not apply any longer. Regards, Andrea.
Re: pdf export option for FilterData and ExportFormFields
Hi Andrea, Am 05.02.2013 22:34, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: Do you mean that not only you wish that OpenOffice export fields as enterable fields (which it already does) but that the PDF file produced by OpenOffice should also support the ability to save form content? But is this ability a document property or something that depends on the PDF reader being used? Yes, I mean the ability to save the content of form fields. And as I see now here [1], it doesn't seem to be a legal issue of Adobe®. It's a document property and doesn't depend on the reader. Regards Peter [1] http://www.foxitsoftware.com/company/press.php?action=viewpage=20080508aw3E.html
Re: pdf export option for FilterData and ExportFormFields
On 01/02/2013 Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: FEATURE REQUEST OpenOffice Writer documents that contain enterable fields should reflect those fields as enterable when exported as PDF when the level of PDF is one in which provision of field entries is allowed and has been selected in the PDF export options. I don't think the original poster meant this. This is a functionality we already have (at least, form controls are exported as enterable fields). The request was: From: Peter Eberlein Adobe products support an extended feature, so that Acrobat Reader can store the content of filled fields in forms. Do you mean that not only you wish that OpenOffice export fields as enterable fields (which it already does) but that the PDF file produced by OpenOffice should also support the ability to save form content? But is this ability a document property or something that depends on the PDF reader being used? Regards, Andrea.
pdf export option for FilterData and ExportFormFields
Hi, Adobe products support an extended feature, so that Acrobat Reader can store the content of filled fields in forms. Is supporting this feature in openoffice a legal or a technical issue? Supported features see [1]. Regards Peter [1] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Tutorials/PDF_export
