[Okular-devel] [Bug 267350] filling out a PDF form saves data to some file i ~/.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata/

[Jackson Peacock]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267350


Jackson Peacock <pickled.kde at pepperedpeacock.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jackson Peacock <pickled kde pepperedpeacock org>  2011-04-04 03:11:36 ---
I just noticed the same issue. I had stored some filled out forms on an
encrypted drive. I ran into a bug where the fields I entered didn't weren't
being displayed after being saved (not even an empty field). I figured the file
had been corrupted so I copied the original blank form over the filled out one.
When I opened it all the information I had entered into the form was there
despite the file having been overwritten. After looking around I found it had
been written to .kde/share/apps/okular/docdata - on an unencrypted drive. This
was quite startling to me and not what I expected. 

I can understand if there are limitations to the PDF format that prevent you
from storing the data in the PDF file itself, however you should at least
inform the user of where the data is being stored before writing it.
Preferably, it should be stored in the same directory as the PDF as well.

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