CS3/CS4 - Preview of page item = Crash in rare cases

Hi,
I'm wondering about how the to draw a preview of a page item, in the most correct way. Currently im using the SnapshotUtils like:
SnapshotUtils ex(somePageItemRef,scaling,scaling);
And then:
AGMImageRecord* fpCurAGMImage = (AGMImageRecord*)ex.CreateAGMImageAccessor()->GetAGMImageRecord();
to obtain an AGMImageRecord that I can draw onto an IGraphicsPort:
PMMatrix theMatrix;    // No transform
gPort->image(fpCurAGMImage, theMatrix, 0);
However, one customer(PPC Mac 10.4 CS4) had a crash in this code, as seen from the partial stack trace below:
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   AdobeAGM                            0x01417418 AGMTerminate + 4143764
1   AdobeAGM                            0x012b645c AGMTerminate + 2697944
2   AdobeAGM                            0x012bc3e8 AGMTerminate + 2722404
3   AdobeAGM                            0x012be210 AGMTerminate + 2730124
4   AdobeAGM                            0x0120b8d4 AGMTerminate + 1998672
5   AdobeAGM                            0x01030150 AGMTerminate + 51148
6   ...adobe.InDesign.AppFramework      0x114f48c8 GetPlugIn + 118040
7   ...adobe.InDesign.AppFramework      0x114f4b30 GetPlugIn + 118656
8   com.adobe.InDesign.MyPlugin              0x0e405778
MyCustomView::Draw (IViewPort*, __HIShape*) + 1560
I can see in the documentation that the GetAGMImageRecord function should not be called any more as of InDesign 3.0, however I cannot figure out another way of obtaining an object that i can draw onto the IGraphicsPort? Is there a more preferred solution?
I Hope somebody can help on this one
Thanks!
Kind regards Toke

Hi Toke,
I do not have any experience with this sort of stuff ;-(
However have you noticed the sdk sample transparencyeffect which still uses GetAGMImageRecord even with CS4. Maybe the sample code sheds some light on your problem.
Best,
Peter Schülke

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