Malformed PDF generated from DocuMaker 11.0

Hi
While Integrating DocuMaker generated PDF to an eSignature Vendor(whose input is a PDF), we found that PDFs created using DocuMaker is malformed/invalid. For example, paths are drawn using page description such as:
176 2672 m
2953 2672 l
2953 2550 l
176 2550 l
176 2672 l
q
0.850 g
f
Q
which contradicts PDF spec. It should be:
q
176 2672 m
2953 2672 l
2953 2550 l
176 2550 l
176 2672 l
0.850 g
f
Q
Question: Due to this issue the checkboxes and Grid-lines do not appear properly on screen. Please let us know if there is any setting in DocuMaker that needs to be adjusted to resolve this PDF formatting issue. We have also opened a ticket with Oracle (Opened Oracle ticket # SR3-2563186951, Severity 2 issue) but no luck yet.
Please help
Thanks
zguptn
Edited by: zguptn on Dec 16, 2010 6:31 PM

Hi,
I am not very sure if the issue seen with the checkboxes and Grid-lines is due to the standard specs you have mentioned. But I see one reference in the latest PDF Driver handbook under the Section "LIMITATIONS" which clearly says that:
"Although Acrobat Reader supports variable fields, radio buttons, push buttons, and list
boxes, the PDF Print Driver does not support the creation of these objects within a PDF
file."
For your easy reference: PDF Handbook -> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E16256_01/pdf_book.pdf
As mentioned, I am not sure if this applies to Checkboxes as well. I did not get a chance to explore much on this. Please explore further if it helps.
Thank you.
Edited by: Nirmalgarga on 17 Dec, 2010 3:19 AM

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