Download error: Adobe Reader could not open 'pdfBill-7.do' because it is not a supported file type. This message occurs on my iMac - this same file is easily opened by Firefox on my Mac Notebook, and by Safari on my iMac.

Details above - this occurs when i try to generate an invoice on a Fairfax County website via Firefox. it generates fine using firefox on my Mac Notebook but not using Firefox on my iMac. Also opens easily using Safari on my iMac.

Most likely: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-error-1015-11001-update.html

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I have copied over the "first five lines of rubbish" , a suggestion of another contributor.
Here they are:
%PDF-1.3
1 0 obj
/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI
endobj
5 0 obj
<< /Length 10096 /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream
xœµ}Y“ 7’æûšÍ€Ù˜iÕcd0 Ä%3> «’dM ³j2“âô®ö!E&©Ú®ƒÊJ«¿î8 Dd ÑÔØ4IÏ ~}î8 ñoÿãw‘Ãÿ5E™å¢íñ÷;ñAÜý üR4™Ì;ÑÖ]V6¨»k QvYSÓS¯6âÅëJôbóYõ í¿ ™·™”Ø\ˆ¢/²¼ƒNÚ.këRl>‰ ×›“ÍB\¾ —oÏ/ÅÙâêdµy·Xn´Y,×W—+xäürù7±ù¿bó b±!NEqˆUY¶YÓHÑ6MÖK©X½ZŸ½YˆsèsqŠ=ŠÕ {ç ÿ—’µËòº ,²¢ª‹Ìš® }V¶¥/¬ 7‚ª)³¢•JXè oe• …•uõþtó~µ ¯Ï/ bùþÝ«Åê'1äß·YÙ‹¶ÊAç-*¹(j ‰ dŠ{™—0f;ˆê8¹ Ê¬ÎKQ´Y yžgU/‘Ëç uVnÛJ “ÓË4eÙƒ 5‰SuYWõ‰âT`Î@›yž·
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If you can read this ... go for it. For info, we have an app that gets county data, makes a PDF and allows a user to open or save it. Out of the 12 districts and 88 counties we have, some districts and their counties work fine. 2 in District 5, 3 in District 4, these all produce this error.
A "Cause" given at this link: http://kb.calyxsupport.com/kb/article.php?id=769 is that a corrupting character exists in the file path and/or the filepath is too long. On this line of thought, it is being looked into if these 5 instances are somehow corrupting the file path when it is being concatenated in the app or, in the case of these 5 instances we know of, is the concatenated file path too long?
Well, in case the rubbish leads to an answer, there you have it!
Thanks!

I have copied over the "first five lines of rubbish" , a suggestion of another contributor.
Here they are:
%PDF-1.3
1 0 obj
/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI
endobj
5 0 obj
<< /Length 10096 /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream
xœµ}Y“ 7’æûšÍ€Ù˜iÕcd0 Ä%3> «’dM ³j2“âô®ö!E&©Ú®ƒÊJ«¿î8 Dd ÑÔØ4IÏ ~}î8 ñoÿãw‘Ãÿ5E™å¢íñ÷;ñAÜý üR4™Ì;ÑÖ]V6¨»k QvYSÓS¯6âÅëJôbóYõ í¿ ™·™”Ø\ˆ¢/²¼ƒNÚ.këRl>‰ ×›“ÍB\¾ —oÏ/ÅÙâêdµy·Xn´Y,×W—+xäürù7±ù¿bó b±!NEqˆUY¶YÓHÑ6MÖK©X½ZŸ½YˆsèsqŠ=ŠÕ {ç ÿ—’µËòº ,²¢ª‹Ìš® }V¶¥/¬ 7‚ª)³¢•JXè oe• …•uõþtó~µ ¯Ï/ bùþÝ«Åê'1äß·YÙ‹¶ÊAç-*¹(j ‰ dŠ{™—0f;ˆê8¹ Ê¬ÎKQ´Y yžgU/‘Ëç uVnÛJ “ÓË4eÙƒ 5‰SuYWõ‰âT`Î@›yž·
—ˆžÑ" ƒRv‰"A ²n<‘V÷ß wC©Zì^:#õY_$
Õ¶YQúFÊ‹®ç2Ñ#d¦¶“‰2õ †æëNp ô»Ñ[VV©ž€ ]0µ/Þ
”&ë>ë: Yu™Um X²ÁpÔ:éÁ…‘Ù ‚È«÷ç Ã`® ¹Ê†X¶ Ae™ÈRõ!}Cµ/òâEÑ7’©’žÓš”y–‡ªTcB/ m‹^© ,… ÕPe
tÞ– Pn´pýð¸¿þø8ÐA[ƒ
If you can read this ... go for it. For info, we have an app that gets county data, makes a PDF and allows a user to open or save it. Out of the 12 districts and 88 counties we have, some districts and their counties work fine. 2 in District 5, 3 in District 4, these all produce this error.
A "Cause" given at this link: http://kb.calyxsupport.com/kb/article.php?id=769 is that a corrupting character exists in the file path and/or the filepath is too long. On this line of thought, it is being looked into if these 5 instances are somehow corrupting the file path when it is being concatenated in the app or, in the case of these 5 instances we know of, is the concatenated file path too long?
Well, in case the rubbish leads to an answer, there you have it!
Thanks!

Adobe Reader could not open 'A9R7D1F.tmp'

Greetings~
I have seen others with this issue, but none of their solutions have been able to fix my problem.
When attempting to open a PDF document from a web site, I receive the following error:
"Adobe Reader could not open 'A9R7D1F.tmp' because it is either not a supported file type of because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)."
This is limited to a specific set of computers. Others within the organization function appropriately. As such, it is not a web server or network problem. Here are the specifics of the offending machine(s): Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Adobe Reader 9.3.2. Note that other machines with this same specs function appropriately. I have confirmed there are no differing group policies and all are within the same subnet.
Here is what I have tried. After each item, the browser was closed and/or system rebooted. Everyone of these tests resulted with the same error.
Deleted all history in IE (cookies, temporary files, history, etc.).
Uninstalll Reader, reboot, re-install Reader, reboot.
Saved the PDF to the local desktop and tried to open that way.
Installed an older version of Reader.
Ensured the following Reader settings are selected: Display PDF in Browser, Allow Fast Web View, Allow Speculative Downloading in the background (which match machines that are successful).
Ensure IE browser settings are configured to "Automatically" check for newer versions of stored pages.
Ensure PDF document is smaller than allowable disk space limit within IE.
Can anyone help me with this? I am out of ideas!
Thank you.

If you are generating files with anything before %PDF, these files are faulty. It's never been allowed, but Reader used to tolerate it for compatibility with an obscure Mac format.

Adobe Reader could not open 'filename.pdf'" because it is either not a supported file type...

I have a website that holds 23 different PDF's. They all download fine and open correctly when downloading from a Mac computer. They even download and open fine from a Mobile Phone. However my client is getting an error over and over again. I have tested it out and this is what I have come up with.
Error:
Adobe Reader could not open 'filename.pdf'" because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)
I have resaved the PDF's to be compatible with Reader 6.
Works fine with
All Mac's using either Firefox, Chrome or Safari using Pro and Reader
iPhone downloads using iBook
PC's when downloading from Firefox viewing in Reader 9
PC's when downloading from IE 6.0 view on Reader 8
Error Message When
PC when downloading from IE 7 viewing on Reeder 9
PC when downloading from IE 8 viewing on Reader 9
Here goes the URL when the files resides.
Please help. I can not find a solution.

Hi i have solved the ie bug creating the pdf phisically, this is the code i use:
$hostname = "XXXXXX";
$database = "XXXXX";
$username = "XXXXX";
$password = "XXXXXX";
$db = mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $password) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
mysql_select_db($database, $db);
$query_rs_docs = "SELECT * FROM doc WHERE doc_name='".$_GET['doc_name']."'";
$rs_docs = mysql_query($query_rs_docs, $db) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rs_docs = mysql_fetch_assoc($rs_docs);
$totalRows_rs_docs = mysql_num_rows($rs_docs);
$t_pdf = fopen("/path to doc folder/doc/".$row_rs_docs['doc_name'], "w+");
fwrite($t_pdf, $row_rs_docs['doc_file']);
fclose($t_pdf);
header('Location: http://www.portalesardegna.com/doc/'.$row_rs_docs['doc_name']);
the db table (doc_name must contain the .pdf extension):
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `doc` (
`doc_ID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`doc_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`doc_file` longblob NOT NULL
PRIMARY KEY (`doc_ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
Message was edited by: Portale Sardegna

Adobe Reader could not open 'Firefox 4.0-2.dmg' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

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The following document should help: Error: Adobe Reader could not open '*.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and was not correctly decoded.)
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