unfortunately the latest version of Acrobat XI (and also previous Acrobat X version) could crash when opening a PDF file which have reference pages. For example a PDF/X-5g complaint PDF. The following conditions must be true:
- Acrobat and Adobe Reader X and XI (tested up to 11.0.9) crash with nested Form XObjects if the innermost Form XObject contains a /Ref entry to reference an external page.
- The crash does not happen if the /Ref is used in the outermost Form XObject.
- The PDF contain more then 1 page.
Is there a way, to avoid the Acrobat Crash (except avoid nested FormXObjects?)
The sample PDF could be found here. In order to display the sample document it is important to properly configure Acrobat as follows:
- Edit, Preferences, General..., Page Display, Show reference XObject targets: set to Always (the setting Only PDF-X/5 compliant ones doesn’t work due to a bug in Acrobat X/XI).
- Edit, Preferences, General..., Page Display, Location of referenced files: enter the name of the directory where the target files live.
- Edit, Preferences, General..., Security (Enhanced), Privileged Locations, Add Folder Path: add the name of the directory where the container documents live. This must be done regardless of the Enable Enhanced Security setting.
Please let me know, when you have any further questions or need further details.
Thanks in advance!
Rainer