From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 2024-10-24 10:01, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2024-10-24 15:33, Marco Moock wrote:   
   >> On 24.10.2024 um 07:39 Uhr TJ wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I need Windows Adobe Reader for my state tax forms,   
   >>   
   >> If such stuff doesn't work in other readers (maybe try evince) I print   
   >> that out and use my typewriter to fill it out and either I send it via   
   >> Fax or via snailmail, with a notice that I don't have Windows and can't   
   >> do this task on other operating systems.   
   >   
   > Editable Forms do not work right with ANY linux PDF viewer, and not at   
   > all when they use script (javascript? I have forgotten which). The only   
   > valid tool is the Adobe reader, and the Linux version is ancient   
   > (abandonware) and may not run in a current Linux. Nor does the windows   
   > version run under Wine.   
   >   
   > Foxit is the only reader I have found that can display XFA forms   
   > tolerably well in Linux, and not always.   
   >   
   This form has enhanced capabilities, primary of which is placing   
   driver's license information within a bar code, to attempt to prevent   
   fraud (someone else filing before I do, and collecting my refund)   
      
   The bar code version can only be printed with Adobe Reader. It may not   
   be restricted to Windows, might be possible with a Mac, but emulating   
   Win7 in vbox is easier than a Mac OS.   
      
   They do have another form that can be used with Linux, but it doesn't   
   have the bar codes, is less secure, and takes longer to get through the   
   state's system.   
      
   Yes, I could jump through hoops to use only Linux, but I'm 75, and don't   
   have enough years left to waste on being stubborn.   
      
   TJ   
      
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