[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 343852] okular's pdf form data isn't compliant with the standard FDF format, which results in severe pdf usability problems

[Yuri]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343852

Yuri <yuri at tsoft.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |UNCONFIRMED
         Resolution|FIXED                       |---

--- Comment #2 from Yuri <yuri at tsoft.com> ---
No, users shouldn't be able to close the document without any warning that
document isn't saved. Not many will know they need to save it unless prompted.
Additionally, there is no "File->Save" option in the menu at all, only "Save
As" which isn't the same thing.

Also, currently copying such file and opening it in the new place shows the
filled form, but changing it in one place changes the other document's form
data too (!!!), which is a highly confusing behavior.

So the forms functionality should be fixed:
1. Users should be prompted to save document when the form data is changed
2. Menu item "Save" should appear under "File", and be enabled whenever form
data was changed by user
3. Opening the copy of pdf file should never pull the form data from some
"hidden" location, only from that file itself.
4. There should also be another menu option "Save Form as FDF". Apparently,
office users utilize FDF files to store data in various cases, ex. when they
receive filled by customers forms.

Form data should always be per-pdf file. Copying the file should naturally copy
the form data.

There is really no use for the above-mentioned xml files, I don't see what is
the purpose of having them. They give no benefit, only cause confusion.

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