Hi, I joined EE to find the fix for this problem, but the posted solutions haven't helped. I had been able to make pdf's without problem until a week ago, but then started getting this Application Error:
AcroDist.exe The instruction at "0x00441ae2" referenced memory at "[this code varies]". The memory could not be "read".
The error occurs when trying to make a pdf from any MS Office 2003 application (whether using the menu bar, or Print to Adobe pdf printer), and also occurs in Acrobat after selecting Advanced-Acrobat Distiller (the Distiller window comes up, it churns for a few minutes "Building font table...", then the error message occurs). It is not document-specific; indeed, in the latter instances no doc is involved.
No known system changes were made prior to the error beginning. After the error started, I assured it was current with all the Acrobat updates (it was 3 updates behind, but now is 7.1.4). Acrobat Distiller 7. WinXP Prof SP3. My original purchase of the Acrobat program on this machine was v 5, and I've bought and installed upgrades since then to v 7.
Checked the Distiller messages.log file, and each one of the failed attempts show as:
Acrobat Distiller 7.0
Started: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 16:53:56 [Of course, the date/time varies]
Adobe PostScript software version: 3016.102
CID support library initialization completed.
%%[ PostScript error ]%%
I also deleted the Acrobat 5.0 files that were in another subdirectory as suggested in an EE solution.
Help please!! From the Google hits about it, this isn't a rare problem, so I hope someone knows the path to resolution. Thanks very much.
