Detecting corrupt pdf's programatically

Hello,
Background: Have written/using a c++ plugin for Acrobat in Windows.
I've encountered a couple of corrupt pdf files that cause a problem with my plug-in. I am unable to open these files manually in Acrobat or Foxit Reader (just to demonstrate it's not an Acrobat bug).
I was wondering if there was a way to detect these files prior to opening a pdf using PDDocOpen() in my plug-in? I haven't come across anything in the SDK/API.
I did figure out how to detect these corrupt files manually. I use the Recognize Text in multiple files->Select a folder option and it will indicate any problem files with a red X symbol.
If there's a call in the API that can detect these files, let me know.
Thanks.

No, there is no way to detect them other than having PDDocOpen() throw an error or return NULL.
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The file shows that it is saving and gets to 10%, then acts like it has saved.
Trying to open the PDF brings up an "Out of Memory" error.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Hi,
I think you can try a utility called Advanced PDF Repair to repair your PDF files. It works rather well for my corrupt PDF files. Its web address is http://www.datanumen.com/apdfr/
Hope this will help.
Alan

DBVERIFY detected corrupted blocks

Hello Gurus,
I am facing This Error In My R-3 Server, Can Somebody Define this Error, What is a Cause And What is The Rectification of This Error ?
Error Description
1. BR0398E DBVERIFY detected corrupted blocks in /oracle/DBS/sapdata88/btabi_114/btabi.data114
2. BR0398E DBVERIFY detected corrupted blocks in /oracle/DBS/sapdata22/btabd_38/btabd.data38
Waiting For An Prompt Reply

Hello,
I do not understand why you are asked for the BR* tools version or the oracle one.
Resume -> you <b><u>have</u></b> corrupted blocks on your database.
It looks like on an index datafile ( if you are lucky it is an index and it could be rebiuld ) and on a "data" datafile ( if you are lucky is on free space )
Take a look at note <a href="http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/365481">365481</a>
and to the SDN blog:
<a href="/people/lars.breddemann/blog/2007/03/21/i-can-repair-your-corrupt-database">I can repair your corrupt database!</a>
If one of the objects affected is a table and you do not have a good backup, probably you will lose some data.

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