pdftk fill_form & dump_data_fields not working

[David Sanders]

Binary package hint: pdftk

The pdftk functions fill_form & dump_data_fields are not working. I'm running 64 bit Lucid.

dump_data_fields inserts "�" for each part of the qualified field name & fill_form is not filling out the form when passing a valid fdf/xfdf file.

If I manually build pdftk it runs as expected.

Please see below:

shangxiao@infobarn:~/test_pdf$ /usr/bin/pdftk Untitled1.pdf dump_data_fields
---
FieldType: Text
FieldName: form1[0]�.#subform[0]�.TextField1[0]�
FieldNameAlt: Text Field
FieldFlags: 0
FieldJustification: Left
---
FieldType:
FieldName: form1[0]�
FieldFlags: 0
FieldJustification: Left

shangxiao@infobarn:~/test_pdf$ /usr/local/src/pdftk-1.41/pdftk/pdftk Untitled1.pdf dump_data_fields
---
FieldType: Text
FieldName: form1[0].#subform[0].TextField1[0]
FieldNameAlt: Text Field
FieldFlags: 0
FieldJustification: Left
---
FieldType:
FieldName: form1[0]
FieldFlags: 0
FieldJustification: Left

shangxiao@infobarn:~/test_pdf$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

shangxiao@infobarn:~/test_pdf$ apt-cache policy pdftk
pdftk:
  Installed: 1.41+dfsg-7
  Candidate: 1.41+dfsg-7
  Version table:
 *** 1.41+dfsg-7 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[David Sanders (shang-xiao-sanders)]

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