PDF files created on PC don't open properly on Mac

Our homeowner's association has documents on a website that is serviced by a Homeowners Association company. The documents are PDF documents that have been created at various times but primarily on PCs. Some of them open correctly on my MacBook Pro (OS 10.6.4) using Adobe Reader (9.4.0) while others appear to open the pages (multiple page documents show all of the pages) but with blank pages. Of course, when I contact the local administrator, he says I should get a PC. I was wondering if the difficulty is with my Adobe Reader or perhaps the way in which the documents were converted from Word to a PDF file.

Beverly A Johnson wrote:
when I contact the local administrator, he says I should get a PC.
I certainly hope he isn't serious, if so, I'd put the blame squarely on him for producing a non-compliant PDF. That is a seriously ignorant statement on his part (no, I'm not defending Macs, I run many different platforms).
First thing to be sure of an a Mac is that Mac Preview isn't accidently opening the file instead of Reader. I assumed you checked that already.
Second, if you are opening it within a browser by clicking on a link try right>click (or Control>Click) to get the dialog that has an option to save the file to your hard drive. Once saved, open Reader and use File>Open to open the PDF that you saved to your machine.
Does that work?
If not, with the PDF open go to File>Properties>Description. What does it say next to Application. Then go to File>Properties>Description Advanced. What does it say next to PDF producer and PDF version?

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     l_output_directory varchar2(30);
     l_filename          varchar2(255);
     src_loc             bfile;
     bdoc                blob;
     src_offset          number := 1;
     dst_offset          number := 1;
     amount              number;
begin
     l_itemtype := substr(document_id, 1, instr(document_id, ':') - 1);
     l_itemkey := substr(document_id, instr(document_id, ':') + 1, length(document_id) - 2);
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end Create_File_Attachment;Oracle Report created the PDF file correctly (original.pdf).
I tried to attach the PDF into my Workflow.
I can see the file is attached (attach.pdf), but it cannot be opened.
The Adobe shows : 'A drawing error occured.' each time I open the attachment.
I compare the original.pdf and the attach.pdf
However, there is one specific difference
- in original.pdf, the line started with '.' (single period)
in attach.pdf, the line is started with '..' (two periods)
Thus the attachment cannot be opened.
After I delete the period, it can be opened.
Question:
- Has someone ever succeed in attaching the PDF created from Report?
- Are the codes above is wrong?
- Or perhaps the DBMS_LOB.LOADBLOBFROMFILE always double the single period on front of the line?
- Is there any solution on this?
Note:
I have succeed in attaching PDF files unless the PDF created by the Report.
Sorry for the long post.
Please help. It is very urgent.
Any help is appreciated.
Many thanks,
Buntoro

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