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0002892ScribusImport / Exportpublic2005-12-03 12:052005-12-07 17:02
Reporteravox Assigned Tofschmid  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformMacintoshOSOSXOS Version10.3.8
Product Version1.2.4cvs 
Fixed in Version1.3.2cvs 
Summary0002892: PDF form created by Scribus cannot be processed by ghostscript
DescriptionI tried to create a simple form with Scribus, but the resulting pdf cannot be processed by ghostscript:

This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Processing pages 1 through 1.
Page 1
Error: /undefined in --get--
Operand stack:
   --dict:15/15(L)-- 1 --dict:15/15(L)-- 1 --dict:7/11(L)-- --dict:7/11(L)-- BBox
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 1 1 --nostringval-- %for_pos_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %array_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 5 11 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 5 11 %oparray_pop --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1117/1686(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)-- --dict:75/200(L)-- --dict:105/127(ro)(G)-- --dict:251/347(ro)(G)-- --dict:21/24(L)-- --dict:4/6(L)-- --dict:20/20(L)-- --dict:19/21(L)-- --dict:1/1(ro)(G)--
Current allocation mode is local
AFPL Ghostscript 8.51: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

This affects not only viewing, but also transformation with pdf2ps, and probably printing on other platforms.
Steps To Reproducecreate a doc with pdf text fields
export as pdf
try to open the pdf with ghostscript
Additional InformationOther pdf forms, eg. the one which comes with acroformtool, open fine in gs.

I am aware that this might be not a Scribus issue, but in my opinion we should try to find out what happens here since it disables an interesting workflow.
TagsNo tags attached.
Patch

Relationships

has duplicate 0002973 closedplinnell PDF-Textfields don't work in xpdf and evince 
child of 0003831 acknowledged Metabug: PDF Forms 

Activities

2005-12-03 12:05

 

form-scribus.sla (61,276 bytes)

2005-12-03 12:06

 

form-scribus.pdf (82,705 bytes)

plinnell

2005-12-03 13:23

viewer   ~0007613

This opens in Acro Pro 5.0.5 and I can re-edit the form fields without issue.

KPDF from 3.5.0 opens it fine and disyplays it fine.

Acro Reader win32 5.0.5 opens and displays fine.


It could be a: bug in GS and xpdf b: form bounding boxes are not correct.



This is the output of xpdf command line (it displays fine:

mrdocs@linux:~/Documents/bugs> xpdf -cmd ./2892form-scribus.pdf
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:6)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:11)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:16)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:21)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:26)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:31)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:36)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:41)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:46)
Error: Bad 'display*Font*' config file command (/etc/xpdfrc-cjk.sjis:51)
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***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:595.28,841.89
***** Rotate = 0
re 0 0 595.28 841.89
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w 1
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q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 170 -7.28
Tj (n)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 176.996 -7.28
Tj (a)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 183.116 -7.28
Tj (m)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 193.616 -7.28
Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 199.208 -7.28
Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 96 728.89
q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 178 -9.344
Tj (c)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 183.592 -9.344
Tj (i)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 187.084 -9.344
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 191.98 -9.344
Tj (y)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 198.628 -9.344
Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 97 707.89
q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 167 -8.648
Tj (s)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 171.968 -8.648
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 176.864 -8.648
Tj (r)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 181.76 -8.648
Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 187.352 -8.648
Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 192.944 -8.648
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 197.84 -8.648
Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 313 749.89
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 313 726.89
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 314 706.89
Q
***** Annotations
Error: Bad form bounding box
Error: Bad form bounding box
Error: Bad form bounding box
***** page 1 *****
***** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:595.28,841.89
***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:595.28,841.89
***** Rotate = 0
re 0 0 595.28 841.89
W
n
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 95 750.89
q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 170 -7.28
Tj (n)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 176.996 -7.28
Tj (a)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 183.116 -7.28
Tj (m)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
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Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
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Tr 0
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Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
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q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 178 -9.344
Tj (c)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 183.592 -9.344
Tj (i)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 187.084 -9.344
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 191.98 -9.344
Tj (y)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 198.628 -9.344
Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 97 707.89
q
BT
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 167 -8.648
Tj (s)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 171.968 -8.648
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 176.864 -8.648
Tj (r)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 181.76 -8.648
Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 187.352 -8.648
Tj (e)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 192.944 -8.648
Tj (t)
Tf /Fo0S0 12
  font: tag=Fo0S0 name='LMTypewriterVarWd10-Regular' 12
RG 0 0 0
rg 0 0 0
Tr 0
Tm 1 0 0 1 197.84 -8.648
Tj (:)
ET
Q
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 313 749.89
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
j 0
cm 1 0 0 1 313 726.89
Q
q
w 1
d [] 0
J 0
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cm 1 0 0 1 314 706.89
Q
***** Annotations
Error: Bad form bounding box
Error: Bad form bounding box
Error: Bad form bounding box

avox

2005-12-03 14:03

updater   ~0007614

I know the file works fine in Acrobat Reader.

The errormessage in GS and the messages from xpdf hint at the same cause: bad form bounding boxes. xpdf just seems to handle this a little more graceful.

The GS errormessage means that GS tries to look up a value "BBox" in a dictionary (kind of hashmap) and fails.

plinnell

2005-12-03 14:19

viewer   ~0007615

Reminder sent to: fschmid

Franz, thoughts ?

plinnell

2005-12-04 00:16

viewer   ~0007626

both branches have this issue

plinnell

2005-12-07 17:02

viewer   ~0007660

tested. Fixed.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2005-12-03 12:05 avox New Issue
2005-12-03 12:05 avox File Added: form-scribus.sla
2005-12-03 12:06 avox File Added: form-scribus.pdf
2005-12-03 13:23 plinnell Note Added: 0007613
2005-12-03 14:03 avox Note Added: 0007614
2005-12-03 14:19 plinnell Note Added: 0007615
2005-12-04 00:16 plinnell Note Added: 0007626
2005-12-04 00:16 plinnell Assigned To => fschmid
2005-12-04 00:16 plinnell Status new => assigned
2005-12-04 00:16 plinnell Product Version 1.3.2cvs => 1.2.4cvs
2005-12-04 11:02 fschmid Status assigned => resolved
2005-12-04 11:02 fschmid Fixed in Version => 1.3.2cvs
2005-12-04 11:02 fschmid Resolution open => fixed
2005-12-07 17:02 plinnell Status resolved => closed
2005-12-07 17:02 plinnell Note Added: 0007660
2006-01-08 14:50 plinnell Relationship added has duplicate 0002973
2006-05-17 17:57 mhanski Relationship added child of 0003831