This is a bug report relating to the Acrobat XI Pro Preflight program.

I have attached two files as an example.
SOURCE_OUT01.PDF - This file contains a single bookmark linking to page 3 in DESTINATION.PDF
DESTINATION.PDF - The is the target file of the bookmark located in SOURCE.PDF

Acrobat XI Pro has no problem using the bookmark. Opening SOURCE_OUT01.PDF and clicking on the bookmark successfully opens DESTINATION.PDF and goes to page 3.

The problem is that running (Preflight -> PDF analysis -> Report PDF syntax issues) on SOURCE_OUT01.PDF gives the following error:

Incorrect value type for array element at index N
General File Format Error
The array element at index 0 is of incorrect type
Value 2
The value at index 0 must be an indirect object
Value 2

If you open SOURCE_OUT01.PDF in WordPad and search for "Go to bottom", you will see the "array element at index 0" referred to in the Preflight error is contained in object: 107 0 obj

106 0 obj
<< /A 107 0 R /Parent 11 0 R /Title (Go to bottom of page 2 in DESTINATION.PDF)

endobj
107 0 obj
<< /D [ 2 /FitH 440 ] /F 108 0 R /S /GoToR >>
endobj
108 0 obj
<< /F (destination.pdf) /Type /Filespec /UF (destination.pdf) >>
endobj

Specifically, Preflight thinks the 1st element of array [ 2 /FitH 440 ] must be an indirect object(ex. 9999 0 R) instead of the 2 which points to page 3 in the DESTINATION.PDF.

According to the PDF manual I'm using:
Document management — Portable document format — Part 1: PDF 1.7
First Edition 2008-7-1
Section: 12.6.4.3 Remote Go-To Actions
using a page number while doing a Remote Go To Action (/GoToR) is required. Here is what the manual says:

"If the value is an array defining an explicit destination (as described under 12.3.2.2, “Explicit Destinations”), its first element shall be a page number within the remote document rather than an indirect reference to a page object in the current document. The first page shall be numbered 0"

This is why I believe Preflight needs to be modified to allow for this legitimate syntax.

Also, the Acrobat 7 version of Preflight reports SOURCE_OUT01.PDF has no problems. The problem shows up using Acrobat XI Preflight.

Thank You