-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 2008-10-01 at 10:49 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
Did you file bugs for misrendered PDF?
Why? It is a widely known fact. I doubt the developpers don't know this.
Err, it's certainly not widely known enough for me, since I don't know that. Really, please file bugs and attach the PDF whenever possible. Note that it's better to file bugs upstream for this (either against okular/evince or against poppler at freedesktop.org if both programs have the same issue).
Ok, will do next time I find one :-)
Note that evince is supposed to support forms, so maybe you don't need acroread anymore?
I'll try. [...] Looks promissing. [...] Failed. A tick box is filled with "$" instead of "X".
Please file a bug and attach the PDF :-)
Ok, done: Bug #431521 I have found another one: Evince does not support certificates (neither does Okular). At least, I opened a suplier receipt, acrobat shows the certificate, evince does not. I haven't created a Bugzilla because I can't sent the pdf, it's private. Certificate support is also necesary for "e-administration" or "e-comerce". I hardly think this is not known? :-? Non related: evince does not appear in the Office/doc viewers system menu (11.0). Okular does. Want a bugzilla?
It looks very good, though. I wasn't aware of this progress. However, these forms being from the goverment, I doubt in case of issues I'd get any support unless I use the aproved adobe program.
I wouldn't expect support from my government for PDF forms ;-) Generally speaking, I'd probably save the filled PDF (even if it was filled with acroread) and check that everything looks right before sending the PDF.
Ha! PDF forms can not be "sent", not electronically anyway. That's a feature for which you have to pay Adobe. I think it needs a special server, and then you upload just the data, not the form itself. Or, if you do have the complete adobe suite (which is not sold for Linux, anyway), then you can save the filled form locally. I'm not very clear on all this. As it is, you have to type it complete, then print it, then submitt it in person and paper. The only thing it saves you is one trip to get the paper form first. There is another type of pdf form they use, but I haven't been able to get one. It has verification codes, so that you don't fill it too incorrectly, does calculations based on fields, etc. It's used for some taxes. They fill it for you at the admin office, then print it for you to review and sign. It also contains a special bar-code, that is a "dot-code" intead, containing all the data encoded. But it appears it only works against a special adobe server, and its not open to the public at large, only to selected private offices by contract. When the paper form is submitted the official scans the dot-code with a handheld laser scanner, and data is entered to the computer in seconds. As I say, I don't have a sample of these. If they work against a special server, chances are they only work with windows. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjkpkAACgkQtTMYHG2NR9W8SACgj38Ke7zuDHT/10ZZ+UGRNt4r qccAn1sdRarAm9g+tLIYfhvaSZ7QLMIg =OeHB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org