Ya,

I do use SAS for Windows. What you say makes sense. Until I get V9, I guess I'll just live with the popup. Thank you.

Bob

> -----Original Message----- > From: Huang, Ya [SMTP:ya.huang@pfizer.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:26 PM > To: 'Robert Abelson'; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: RE: SAS/GRAPH output to PDF - damaged file > > I guess you use SAS for windows. If so, this is a known > bug. This message seem to have something to do with "CR/LF". If > you have SAS for Unix, you may try to run the same code in Unix, > and very likely you won't see the error. Unix use "CR" only and > Windows use both "CR" and "LF" for record delimiter. If I > remember correctly, SI is working on this, and later release (V9?) > will fix it. > > If you don't feel confortable with it, one way to get rid of the > message is to open the pdf file with acrobat (full version, not > reader), and save it with the same name. > > Ya > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Abelson [mailto:rabelson@KAI-RESEARCH.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:22 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: SAS/GRAPH output to PDF - damaged file > > > Based on a suggestion from Ya Huang on an earlier thread, I've tried > outputting some graphs to PDF using device=pdf. When I open the file with > Adobe Acrobat Reader, a box pops up with the message, "The file is damaged > but is being repaired." The graph then displays and prints just fine. This > happened in both Adobe Acrobat Reader v4.0 and v5.0, and only with graphs > that I produced with SAS/GRAPH. Does anybody know why this is happening? > > Bob Abelson > KAI > 6001 Montrose Rd. > Suite 920 > Rockville, MD 20852 > T: 301-770-2730 > F: 301-770-4183 > rabelson@kai-research.com > > "Politics should be limited in scope to war, protection of property, and > the > occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class." > -- P.J. O'Rourke