I needed a fix for this, so I made the attached bash script. Open your PDF files with this script and it will decrypt the file (overwriting the original) and open the decrypted file. Forms on decrypted PDFs can be saved.
For me, this is an adequate fix, because the encryption only seems to get in the way. I would be happy if Evince did the same. I wrote this in 15 minutes and it's 4:45 in the morning, but it *seems* to work okay. Feel free to edit it, just post the new version here (or email it to me: [email protected]). Thanks to Jon Leighton for pointing out qpdf! ** Attachment added: "A small script to provide a workaround for the bug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/492959/+attachment/3219191/+files/decrypt-pdf.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492959 Title: Evince cannot save filled PDF forms Status in Evince document viewer: Confirmed Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: evince Whenever I open a PDF form, and make a change to it (any change, such as filling a field), and then try to save a copy on Evince, the resulting file is empty. Not as in empty fields, but as in zero-bytes-long file. However, when trying to save a copy before any changes have been made, it works fine. This is not the same as bug 299409, since in that bug the resulting files are not empty. The particular form I'm trying to fill is http://www.box.net/shared/static/ia8aliz8ne.pdf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/492959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
