Re: PDFMark check boxes are invisible after distilling

["Rick Quatro" <frameexpert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marcus,

Put this in before your existing code:

[ /_objdef {afields} /type /array /OBJ pdfmark
[ /_objdef {aform} /type /dict /OBJ pdfmark
[ {aform} << /Fields {afields}
/DR << /Font << >> >>
/DA (/Helv 12 Tf 1 g )
/NeedAppearances true >> /PUT pdfmark
[ {Catalog} << /AcroForm {aform} >> /PUT pdfmark

You might be able to put it in your prologue file instead of in your
Postscript text frames.

If you are doing a lot of this kind of thing, you might want to consider
MicroType's SP TimeSavers (http://www.microtype.com). It allows you to
create fields using an abbreviated syntax in Hypertext markers. I have been
using it successfully for many years.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.frameexpert.com


>
> Hi Framers,
>
> I've got the following PDFMark code in a FrameMaker document:
>
> [ /Subtype /Widget/Rect [ 0 0 36 36 ]
> /T (Checkbox)
> /FT /Btn
> /H /P
> /F 4
> /MK << /BC [ 1 0 0 ] /BG [ 1 1 1 ] /CA (4) >>
> /DA (/ZaDb 0 Tf 0 g)
> /ANN pdfmark
>
> When distilled with Distiller 7, the resulting check box is invisible in
the
> PDF file, the border as well as the check mark. The check box can be
> selected with the "Check Box Tool" of Acrobat though, and the properties
> displayed by Acrobat are correct, too (red border, visible, check box
style,
> etc.). When I open the "border color" palette and select the same color
that
> is already preset (red) and click "Close" afterwards, the check box
appears
> with the correct border color.
>
> What's wrong with my PDFMark? It obviously creates a chack box and sets
the
> correct properties, but why isn't the box displayed? :-/
>
> Any help on this would be highly appreciated...
>
>
> Marcus Baake


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