[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
I confirm that eform-0410-1.pdf is now working with evince 3.10.3, available with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar. You cannot save the file under the same name, but you can save it under a different name (that is another bug). -- 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: Invalid Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
Not reproducible with the original reporter's attachment (scope of this report) in Trusty. ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) = (unassigned) ** Changed in: evince Importance: Medium = Undecided ** Changed in: evince Status: Confirmed = New ** Changed in: evince Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #640185 = None -- 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: New Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
** Changed in: evince Status: New = Invalid -- 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: Invalid Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
Evince still can't save filled in forms in ubuntu 14.04. This is using GNOME Document Viewer 3.10.3. I don't get any error but you simply lose the information you have filled in. The simplest workaround is to use okular instead it seems. -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
I have this problem as well. I can print the pdf, and normal Adobe Reader can open and edit the resulting document, so I'm fairly sure this is an oversight in evince. -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
Same problem here (using evince on debian), version 3.4.0-3.1, together with poppler/cairo 0.18.4 Please fix this. I spent three hours filling in a form, and now have to note it down *again* into another program. A button called Save As really should *always* work. If some data would be lost, warn, but don't prevent the user from saving his work. Notmyrealname (nichmeinechtername) -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
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-common9.5.1-1precise1 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
The last 2 comments from tshmelcher and sami-kankaristo (and others earlier in this ticket) may be relevant to a different bug 477644, but not this one. *This* bug is *not* about encrypted PDFs. As mdotychar noted above: This bug has absolutely nothing to do with PDF encryption. This bug centers on the inability to successfully saves PDFs with embedded forms once you begin to input data into those forms. Since this bug is now 3 years old and still a problem, let's not confuse the issue further. Now: Does anyone have an update on a fix? -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
Still repros in 12.10. Confirmed that qpdf --decrypt works around the problem. -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
I needed a fix for this, so I made the attached bash script. Open your PDF files with this script and it will decrypt the file (overwriting the original) and open the decrypted file. Forms on decrypted PDFs can be saved. For me, this is an adequate fix, because the encryption only seems to get in the way. I would be happy if Evince did the same. I wrote this in 15 minutes and it's 4:45 in the morning, but it *seems* to work okay. Feel free to edit it, just post the new version here (or email it to me: sami.kankari...@gmail.com). Thanks to Jon Leighton for pointing out qpdf! ** Attachment added: A small script to provide a workaround for the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/492959/+attachment/3219191/+files/decrypt-pdf.sh -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
** Changed in: evince Status: Unknown = Confirmed ** Changed in: evince Importance: Unknown = Medium -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #640185 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640185 ** Also affects: evince via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640185 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- 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: Unknown 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 492959] Re: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms
please fix this... its 2+ years old... and very basic problem... and with a very simple workaround... -- 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” 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/ubuntu/+source/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
