Edit pdf form not possible (2.20.0-0ubuntu3)

[Greg Grossmeier]

Binary package hint: evince

Another instance of not being able to edit pdf forms (form attached).

The issue is similar to this bug, but is not fixed in evince 2.20.0-0ubuntu3:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/148001

In addition to not being able to fill out the form, the check boxes are rendered incorrectly.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

problem causing pdf

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Latest version of kpdf also has the same problem.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Since this will mostly carry over to the Gutsy Release I filled a bug in the gnome bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486957

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

The problem causing pdf has these properties:
Creater: Adobe Designer 7
Producer: Adobe Designer 7
Format: PDF-1.6
Optimized: No

Another pdf from the same site ( http://www.cseced.org/jobs/images/Application%20for%20Administrative%20Position.pdf )
This one works as expected (can fill out the form and check boxes correctly)
Creator: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.7 for Word
Producer: Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)
Format: PDF-1.6
Optimized: Yes

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for sending the bug on bugzilla.gnome.org

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

From gnome bugzilla:
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Comment #3 from Carlos Garcia Campos (evince developer, points: 18)
2007-10-16 13:29 UTC [reply]

Thanks for the bug report. It's a poppler bug. I've just fixed it in git
(poppler-0.6 and master branches)
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Is it possible to re-package poppler to resolve this bug? Or do we wait?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Gutsy is frozen now and it's not likely new CD image will be rolled so it'll have to wait and be uploaded to gutsy-updates or hardy

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That is fixed in hardy now