Hi,
I was wondering if embedded XFA Forms in PDF files are supported with GroupDocs.Conversion.
XFA (also known as XFA forms) stands for XML Forms Architecture, a family of proprietary XML specifications that was suggested and developed by JetForm to enhance the processing of web forms. It can be also used in PDF files starting with the PDF 1.5 specification. The XFA specification is referenced as an external specification necessary for full application of the ISO 32000-1 specification (PDF 1.7). The XML Forms Architecture was not standardized as an ISO standard, and has been deprecated XF...
I tried to convert the attached PDF to PDF using GroupDocs.Conversion 22.7, but it only renders this error message, instead of the actual file:
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade
to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
No exception is thrown.
tmpA31F.pdf (89.6 KB)
It is partially working in GroupDocs.Viewer, butConversion speed is really slow and also the result is not great:
The conversion of this XFA-Form PDF was running for almost 15 minutes.
Also the conversion output was not really great.
tmpA31F.pdf (89.6 KB)
Comparing the output to the original shows many differences.
XFA-Forms can be viewed with Adobe Reader DC, but not all PDF readers.
GroupDocs.Viewer 22.7 was used, without any special options:
using (var viewer = new Viewer(documentPath))
{
var options = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources("output_viewer{0}.html");
viewer.…
@Clemens_Pestuka
We are investigating this scenario. Your investigation ticket ID is CONVERSIONNET-5404 .
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The issues you have found earlier (filed as CONVERSIONNET-5404) have been fixed in this update . This message was posted using Bugs notification tool by nikola.yankov