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Anonymous
July 7, 2017
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Different values in same PDF on windows and ubuntu OS

  • July 7, 2017
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I am having PDF containing XFA form. When I open it in ubuntu for few fields it shows value as zero but when I open same PDF on windows it shows values in numeric for same fields. As files are confidential I can not share them. Issue is happening only in few files. for other it works fine in both OS

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July 10, 2017

It's clear you do not want to hear that you should be doing this in Mac or Windows only, and that instead of engaging with the replies you intend to rephrase your original question again and again. So I will stop trying to explain it. Perhaps you will eventually accept the message from someone else.

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July 10, 2017

I'm not surprised. Your Linux Reader is old and forgotten. Maybe there are unfixed bugs or new XFA features.

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Anonymous
July 10, 2017

I opened PDF using both document viewer and okular. same issue. field values are blank

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Legend
July 10, 2017

This all sounds correct.

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Legend
July 10, 2017

XFA forms are an entirely different thing than regular PDFs. Need special software.

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Anonymous
July 10, 2017

I use iText PDF to read XFA PDF.I convert it to XML. But I do not get value in XML then I check PDF in adobe reader it is also not showing value. But when I opened PDF on windows OS it shows values

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 7, 2017

What do you use on ubuntu to view the file?

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Anonymous
July 10, 2017

I checked with adobe reader and document viewer on ubuntu. adobe showing value zero and document viewer blank for some fields which are actually contains numeric values. and showing correctly on windows in adobe reader

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July 10, 2017

It's often stated that you must use Acrobat or Reader on Mac or Windows to work with XFA forms. Don't know if the long, long discontinued Reader 9 for Linux could do it too. XFA is basically not portable.

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