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Doesn't Set Linked Form Values #398

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malvidin opened this issue Mar 5, 2018 · 0 comments · Fixed by #414
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Doesn't Set Linked Form Values #398

malvidin opened this issue Mar 5, 2018 · 0 comments · Fixed by #414
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is-bug From a users perspective, this is a bug - a violation of the expected behavior with a compliant PDF PdfWriter The PdfWriter component is affected workflow-forms From a users perspective, forms is the affected feature/workflow

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malvidin commented Mar 5, 2018

If a form text field is linked to multiple locations in a PDF, PdfFileWriter.updatePageFormFieldValues fails to set the value.

If writer_annot contains a link to a Parent object, the value in that should object should be set.
writer_annot_parent = page['/Annots'][j]['/Parent'].getObject()

https://github.com/mstamy2/PyPDF2/blob/a4279cff969c38a346a29aa0d3174a8b7bf08bbe/PyPDF2/pdf.py#L366
malvidin added a commit to malvidin/PyPDF2 that referenced this issue Apr 5, 2018
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Fix Linked Form Value Issue py-pdf#398
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py-pdf#398
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@MartinThoma MartinThoma added is-bug From a users perspective, this is a bug - a violation of the expected behavior with a compliant PDF PdfWriter The PdfWriter component is affected and removed is-bug From a users perspective, this is a bug - a violation of the expected behavior with a compliant PDF labels Apr 7, 2022
@MartinThoma MartinThoma added the workflow-forms From a users perspective, forms is the affected feature/workflow label Apr 16, 2022
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BUG: Set Linked Form Value (#414)
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If a form text field is linked to multiple locations in a PDF, PdfFileWriter.updatePageFormFieldValues failed to set the value.

If writer_annot contains a link to a Parent object, the value in that should object should be set.

Closes #398
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