[Okular-devel] [Bug 202159] New: Multiple problems in PDF forms - checkboxes, save as, instant saving

[Bob Willan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202159

           Summary: Multiple problems in PDF forms - checkboxes, save as,
                    instant saving
           Product: okular
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: PDF backend
        AssignedTo: okular-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: Bob.Will2001 at gmail.com


Version:           0.8.2 in Debian testing KDE 4.2.2-2 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Using Debian Testing/Unstable KDE 4.2.2-2, Okular help reports v0.8.2.

I don't often use PDF's with forms, but the IRS has many of its tax documents
as PDF's for downloading.  All of the following issues occur when using IRS
Form 941 2009 pdf (pdfinfo follows).

You can download from http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f941.pdf

1) Fill in 1 or more fields and exit Okular (no save).  Start Okular again and
open the file, and you'll find the fields still filled out.

2) Open the same doc in Acroread and its empty - no fields filled out.  No
matter how many times you open the file in both programs, in Acroread fields
empty, in Okular fields filled in.

3) Checkmarks filled in and saved using Okular are screwed up in Acroread -
can't change them (they go on/off in sync with another checkbox, like Acroread
is confused about something).  In KPDF, the checkboxes are empty if filled in
by Okular.

4) If you use "Save As" and save the file on top of itself, it screws up the
file making it unreadable and you better hope you had a backup.  Seeing as
there is no "Save" in Okular, like there is in Acroread, using "Save As" to
save on top of the file is a natural thing to do.  Please either fix it to
work, or add checks to disallow it.  Or, better still, add a real "Save"
button.  When you fill out a form, and then go back to correct an error, you
don't want to have to save it under another name and then rename the file
outside Okular after.

# pdfinfo f941.pdf
Title:          Form 941 (Rev. April 2009)
Subject:        Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return
Keywords:       Fillable
Author:         SE:W:CAR:MP
Creator:        Amgraf OneForm Designer Plus
Producer:       OneForm Designer Plus PDF Forms Generator
CreationDate:   Fri May 15 09:12:11 2009
ModDate:        Thu Jul 23 07:52:06 2009
Tagged:         no
Pages:          4
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      611.976 x 791.968 pts (letter)
File size:      352402 bytes
Optimized:      yes
PDF version:    1.6

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