PDF file cannot be repaird

I cannot open downloaded PDF files even from trusted sources. The message says: "There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired. This is a fairly recent development.

Okay, I've seen this. It's Safari too, I know, based on the symptoms. There's good news and bad news.
Start with the bad news: As the error message says, the PDF(s) is/are damaged and it CANNOT be repaired. It/they was/were corrupted during the download.
Now the good news: While the file(s) can't be fixed, this CAN be prevented going forward.
Download the offline installer here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/ - DO NOT RUN IT YET - Save it only
Quit Safari
Go to: Mac HD/Library/Internet Plugins
Trash the AdobePDFViewer.plugin file
Trash the AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin file
Empty the trash
Reboot
Mount the downloaded DMG and reinstall Reader
Relaunch Safari and redownload the PDF(s) in question.
They should open with no errors now.

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package bksv.oracle.apps.bkfnd.bkrepgw.webui;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.OAWebBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule;
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import oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.DataTemplate;
import oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper;
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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import com.sun.java.util.collections.ArrayList;
import com.sun.java.util.collections.Iterator;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
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Edited by: Kenneth_ on 2010-07-30 12:58
Edited by: Kenneth_ on 2010-07-30 13:33

I have now found a solution to this problem. Thank god!
See the code below.
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import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
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import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
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import oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper;
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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
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import com.sun.java.util.collections.Iterator;
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