caintry_boy Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Using SUSE 13.1 and trying to open a .pdf document but get this message : "This document has XFA Forms, which are currently unsupported." Any way to read this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry1966 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 you know what program your using to read pdfs? think some browsers like firefox have their own pdf reader built in, then you can also use other readers like okular (which is suse's default) and acroread (adobes pdf reader.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsy Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I think Foxit will open XFA based forms. I remember a while ago that Chrome and Mozillas built in PDF reader would not open XFA; this could have changed. Not all Adobe versions are compatible either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 It is a very "uncommon" type of form that is not well supported in any pdf software, even adobe is abandoning it and it asking vendors to render such docs in html5 rather then XFA. Some XFA based files will open and render correctly but may not be able to be filled in properly. In short, avoid them if possible, and if not possible ask the creator to cut the crap, and use something that is readable by the masses not just people who chose to buy expensive software with poor support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintry_boy Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 @ Terry, using Okular (the default) to try and read it... @ nigsy...is Foxit compatible with Linux? I looked and was certain it was a Windoz based software... @ Bruce, it's a form from the State of Ks. and you should know govt...do what they want with our $$$.....I was actually surprised that SUSE (Okular) wouldn't read it. I have it saved to the home/Documents folder Terry, how would I try to open it in Firefox?? (yes I can say duh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Install adobe reader. It may open it, although you will find adobe very slow, it may open it. If you want to try firefox, simply right click the file and select open with, then browse to firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yes there is a Linux version of foxit, however I doubt it will open and edit the XFA file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry1966 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 install acroread from here (don't think it's in the repo's anymore) :- http://software.opensuse.org/package/acroread and see if that solves your problem. http://en.opensuse.org/Adobe_Reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintry_boy Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Thanks guys, I'll check it out...Firefox first, then acroread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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