For a PDF 1.x, as defined by ISO 32000-1, XFA is as much as part of the standard as JPEG and TrueType.
XFA, even though it is a publicly documented specification from Adobe, is just that – publicly documented! You can find all the specs on our web site. XFA support has been implemented by at least a half-dozen PDF vendors, so if someone wants to do it for poppler – it can be done! Using AcroRead on Unix won’t necessarily help you either, as that version of Adobe Reader is quite dated and doesn't support the current XFA specification (which is most likely what the SAP tool is generating). You should test that option out before you go down that path, as it might not work out anyway. Leonard PDF Architect, Adobe Systems On 8/26/17, 7:31 AM, "poppler on behalf of Nikola Ciprich" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: Hello dear poppler developer(s), I'd like to ask question many times asked, but also possibly offering bounty for resolution.. Our customer has issue displaying one particular PDF file generated by SAP HR portal they use. Changing it on SAP side is not possible in reasonable time and due to security, as well as stability reasons, I'd really hate to install adobe reader just to be able to view one particular file type.. problem is, that under evince (or anything poppler based, or even other PDF viewers), I do not see file content properly, due to lack of XFA support. example file can be obtained here: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnik.lbox.cz%2Fdownload%2Fodmeny.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C472a5b9bdd0f424951d108d4ec760106%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C1%7C636393438985378621&sdata=rfUaLLGvQwoTXDvCnd6VOLDgCIQZyFnO%2BISiN73YU4o%3D&reserved=0 I also understand that XFA is not really standard and implementing support is certainly not easy, due to lack of documentation. My question is, can you estimate how hard it would be to implement at least subset of needed functionality to be able to display such files? If it would be possible at all, and with reasonable effort, would you be interested in doing it for a bounty? I mean adding support to poppler so it's working in evince at least then.. Or has anyone any other tips on how to deal with such file under linux desktop, other then using acroread? thanks a lot in advance with best regards nikola ciprich -- ------------------------------------- Ing. Nikola CIPRICH LinuxBox.cz, s.r.o. 28. rijna 168, 709 00 Ostrava tel.: +420 591 166 214 fax: +420 596 621 273 mobil: +420 777 093 799 https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.linuxbox.cz&data=02%7C01%7C%7C472a5b9bdd0f424951d108d4ec760106%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636393438985378621&sdata=ngIKOVf91Opp2pjrVRuEZYnFGLNSJxwZlG4FtRo32%2Fc%3D&reserved=0 mobil servis: +420 737 238 656 email servis: [email protected] ------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ poppler mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/poppler
