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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > > This SF email is sponsosred by: > > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a > reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > > Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: > http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a > reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: > http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
