On 2024-02-05 16:09, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 05/02/2024 à 14:16, Simon Becherer a écrit :
Here is a pdf.formular with okular
https://paste.opensuse.org/a5ba85bf13b1
on top right corner in the blue field "formulare anzeigen"
on a (test) french cerfa I get
Ce document utilise des formulaires « XFA » qui ne sont pas encore pris en charge."
This document uses "XFA" forms which are not yet supported.
however on the form used fields seems to work (but I didn't test more)
They can seem to work, but some times there is a crucial part that doesn't. The javascript code in these type of forms can actually do things, like verifying that the fields contain consistent data, or do mathematical operations to fill some other fields. On a government form, they can be used to generate dot matrixes that can be read by a laser scanner when submitting the printed form. Something else they can do with javascript is to connect with the mothership and tell them who is reading the PDF. Verify licenses and your right to read it. Or simply log your IP. There is no Linux open source PDF viewer that supports XFA forms with Javascript. The only one that did was the Linux version of Acrobat Reader, which has not been updated in many years and now simply doesn't run. So, better make sure this form is not XFA type. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)