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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Michael D. Andereck, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Docucorp
International, Inc.;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Docucorp
International, Inc. as of and for the periods presented in this report;

4.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and we have:

        a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
                disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                known to us by others within the entities, particularly during
                the period in which this report is being prepared;
        b)      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
                caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
                designed under our supervision to provide reasonable assurance
                regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
                preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
                accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
        c)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                report based on such evaluation; and
        d)      Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
                control over financial reporting that occurred during the
                registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
                fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
                reporting; and

5.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of
Directors:

        a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls which are reasonably
                likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
                process, summarize and report financial information; and
        b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal controls over financial reporting.


/s/ Michael D. Andereck
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Michael D. Andereck
President and Chief Executive Officer
October 11, 2005