Problem Note 5481: "File is damaged but is being repaired" message when opening PDF files
created by ODS
If ODS PRINTER or ODS PDF is used to create a .pdf file, the message
'file is damaged but is being repaired' may be generated in Acrobat
Reader when the file is opened by Adobe Acrobat Reader v.4 or higher.
The message occurs because a .pdf file created by ODS PRINTER PDF (ODS
PDF) on the PC platforms contains an extraneous control linefeed
character. The file is readable and diplays in Adobe's Acrobat Reader.
When the file is closed, Reader will prompt the following "Do you want
to save changes to FILE.pdf before closing? " (where FILE is the name
of the file), if YES is chosen, the message will not appear the second
time the file is opened.
The current workaround is to create a .ps file with the ODS PRINTER
statement, and distill the .ps file into .pdf with Adobe's Acrobat
Distiller (available for purchase here: http://www.adobe.com/ ) or with
the product available at the following website:
http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/index.htm
A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.2 (TS2M0) for this
issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_sbcs_prod_list.html#005481
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9 TS M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | low |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> ODS (Output Delivery System)
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| Date Modified: | 2004-08-03 09:00:05 |
| Date Created: | 2001-07-23 14:42:05 |
