Re: PDF link checker?

[Richard Hamilton <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net>]

Hi Robert,

There seem to be surprisingly few. I guess most folks test links before they generate PDF.  However, here are a couple of possibilities:

A while ago, I checked out an open source program called pdf-link-checker, which seemed promising, but it was based on an earlier version of python (or one of the python libraries it uses), and after playing around with it a while, I decided it wasn't worth the trouble (I rarely have to check links in a PDF, we check them earlier in the process).

However, if you've got someone proficient in python, it probably wouldn't be that hard to make it work with the latest libraries.

Here is another possibility, which might work if $145 fits into your definition of "cheap": http://www.relsoftware.com/wlv/

Hope that helps,
Richard Hamilton
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On Mar 5, 2015, at 13:42, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

> Is there a good free / cheap utility that will check PDFs for broken links?
> 
> I have a license for the latest version of Acrobat so could install
> that if it has such a feature.
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