PDF won't relink

[LoneGoose]

Nope, you're wrong cjwworld, I've just tried it. Have placed a PDF into InDesign (CS2) with the option crop to trim box. Then tried to relink it from the links palette to a PDF that has no trim box and got the error "Failed to open PDF file."

[LoneGoose]

Interestingly, it will relink if there is a trim box even of another size - but not if there is no trim box.

[cjwworld]

I stand corrected.. Learn something all the time.. thanks LoneGoose.. maybe this will help AlmainK

[Daryl Pagel]

Thanks LoneGoose, I'm glad to see that someone was willing to test what it was that I was saying. I didn't want to just come out and say "You're wrong".

By the way, yes if the Trim box (or Crop, Bleed) is of different size it will still relink. InDesign doesn't care what size it is, it only cares that it exists just like when the original was placed.

It will be interesting to see if this solves the problem to the original post.

[almaink]

No I told you all the PDF files are exactly the same. All have a trim, and media box only. I am using the media box for bleed because I couldn't change add a bleed box option using Pit Stop. It looked like it would work add the bleed box that is but it wouldn't save. Only way I could get the PDF into the template was be re-placing it.

[Daryl Pagel]

Is there anyway you could post a sample page of both documents?

[Rascal54]

Have you checked the security properties of the documents?

[cmccue]

I've been getting the "Failed to open the PDF file" error occasionally lately when placing PDFs, although not when relinking. I've fixed it by just opening the PDF, doing a Save-As, then trying again. So far, that works. I don't know the cause, but let us know if this cheers it up for you.

[Shivore]

We've run into the same sort of problem as well, it seems to happen with any random PDF, haven't discovered any rhyme or reason to it yet. cmccue's solution of resaving the PDF usually works, sometimes have to save it as a postscript and re-distill it.

If that doesn't work, not sure what to tell you.

[almaink]

I've tried all the above methods and none worked on these although I have had some success in the past using the Optimise save from Acrobat. Thing that bothers me is I have another 20 of these PDFs coming.
BTW there was no security properties on any of these PDF's, like I said before the only difference between them was the language they were set in, everything else is exactly the same.