From c31704eb0ec4e434cb450343a2976d1f788a5f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abdullahalam123 <adullah.alam.tapadar2000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:24:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(form-filler): enable XFA support and use original file
 bytes

Use original file bytes instead of saved PDF doc to preserve XFA streams. This ensures PDF.js can fully render XFA-based forms by also enabling the XFA flag in the viewer.
---
 public/pdfjs-viewer/form-viewer.html | 5 ++++-
 src/js/logic/form-filler.ts          | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/pdfjs-viewer/form-viewer.html b/public/pdfjs-viewer/form-viewer.html
index fbe650d..3584d22 100644
--- a/public/pdfjs-viewer/form-viewer.html
+++ b/public/pdfjs-viewer/form-viewer.html
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@
 
     async function loadPDF(data) {
       try {
-        const loadingTask = pdfjsLib.getDocument({ data });
+        const loadingTask = pdfjsLib.getDocument({
+          data,
+          enableXfa: true,
+        });
         pdfDocument = await loadingTask.promise;
         pdfViewer.setDocument(pdfDocument);
         linkService.setDocument(pdfDocument);
diff --git a/src/js/logic/form-filler.ts b/src/js/logic/form-filler.ts
index 7b8131a..c03db87 100644
--- a/src/js/logic/form-filler.ts
+++ b/src/js/logic/form-filler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { showLoader, hideLoader, showAlert } from '../ui.js';
-import { downloadFile } from '../utils/helpers.js';
+import { downloadFile, readFileAsArrayBuffer } from '../utils/helpers.js';
 import { state } from '../state.js';
 
 let viewerIframe: HTMLIFrameElement | null = null;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let viewerReady = false;
 
 
 export async function setupFormFiller() {
-  if (!state.pdfDoc) return;
+  if (!state.files || !state.files[0]) return;
 
   showLoader('Loading PDF form...');
   const pdfViewerContainer = document.getElementById('pdf-viewer-container');
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ export async function setupFormFiller() {
     window.addEventListener('message', async (event) => {
       if (event.data.type === 'viewerReady') {
         viewerReady = true;
-        const pdfBytes = await state.pdfDoc.save();
+        // Use the original uploaded bytes so that XFA streams remain intact
+        // and PDF.js can fully render XFA-based forms.
+        const file = state.files[0];
+        const pdfBytes = await readFileAsArrayBuffer(file);
         viewerIframe?.contentWindow?.postMessage(
           { type: 'loadPDF', data: pdfBytes },
           '*'