Supporting pdf documents with XFA forms
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Description
* Xreader version 2.2.3
* Distribution - Mint 18.2
Issue
I have a pdf with XFA forms in it. Xreader says the following
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade
to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
Steps to reproduce
Open any pdf with XFA form. See the attached pdf for example.
Application.pdf
Expected behaviour
Xreader should support XFA forms.
Other information
While XFA forms have been deprecated in pdf v2.0, most pdfs are still distributed in v1.4 or v1.5, and it will take decades to all pdfs be available in v2.0. And, government agencies that ask to fill up pdf with XFA forms (for Passport/other applications) will not easily change their format (because most users would use Windows with Adobe Reader and are not affected).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with the attached Application.pdf in Xreader 2.2.3 and examining the existing PDF form-handling path. Done means XFA-form documents render and their forms can be used in Xreader, with coverage for the reproduced document or equivalent behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100