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Good Morning,

I've found that this topic has been discussed numerous times online before, but I haven't come across anywhere that a solution has been given (assuming there even is one). Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I frequently use pdf includes to generate reports for my company's clients. Lately, several of them have sent me pdf files that use their special forms as a background, requesting that I print my reports to them.

I am using RUN pdf_open_pdf() to access the existing file, but I'm finding that some documents open just fine, but others give me the following error message:

**Invalid character in numeric input [insert the offending character here]. (76)

I have compared a file that works with a file that doesn't work, and I am unable to determine any differences.

Keep in mind that the files I'm attempting to open are created by an external entity.

I have attached the following files:

pdfExample.p - The code I'm using to open the existing documents
BillTemplate1.pdf - This document opens with the above code just fine.
BillTemplate2.pdf - This document gives me errors when I try to use the exact same code on it.

If anyone could show me the error of my ways, I'd appreciate it. I have a workaround involving converting the document to .jpg and loading it to my report as an image, but if I'd definitely prefer to just be able to use what's provided to me.

Thanks in Advance!