If I could see how itext returned a trappable error I wouldn't be asking
syntax questions. 
How, within the syntax of Visual Basic given what itext returns is it
possible to trap an exception?  Not much better ... but ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:17
> To: Post all your questions about iText here
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Trapping an invalid PDF in Visual Basic
> 
> Looks like you're asking VB syntax and variable scope questions. I
> don't see any iTextSharp question there.
> 
> Paulo
> 
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Al Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In a Visual Basic 2005 program which scan several hundred PDF's, I'm
> having
> > problems trying to trap those situations where I have an invalid pdf.
> >
> >                    Try
> >                        Dim reader As New PdfReader(strFile)
> >                    Catch
> >                        PrintLine(intBOLog, "Failed to open", strFile)
> >                        Exit For
> >                    End Try
> > results in any further attempt to use reader as "Name 'reader' is not
> > declared'"
> >
> > outside the try/catch, attempting to Dim reader As New
> PdfReader(strFile)
> > results in various exceptions, invalidpdfexception, for example.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to handle bad pdf cleanly??
> > //al
> >
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