Yeah, I use em', but I'm looking for something a little more thorough. Along the lines of a 'FlightCheck', for example.

Ahem - I know how to build a file, but I work in the production department of a publishing house and have to deal with dozens of different files from 'out of house' freelance designers - all of whom set up their documents differently, even with the standards we have in place.

For example - my last PDF came up with an error due to a spot color embedded within an .eps graphic. Nothing in InDesign's preflight tools tells you exactly where or how many instances that spot color is in - I can only find out once I create the entire PDF file. At 20 pages a clip for each file, I'd like to catch items such as this before I output the PDF.

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best thing you can do is open all linked files in their native apps and check them there.

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Nah, that won't take too long...

Ultimately, I didn't mean to suggest that Flightcheck would be my app of choice - I just was looking for suggestions on a program that could perform a thorough check of my ID files, similar to what Flightcheck does. Right now, I use QC by GLUON for my Quark files- which works great - but unfortunately GLUON doesn't make any such plugin or app for InDesign.