CS3 / Mac: Export PDF - invalid font dict???

Hi
In my plugin I try to export a page as pdf. This works fine on Windows, but on Mac I have the error message "invalid font dict" and the export doesn't work.
What could be the problem????
Something with the system?
How can I solve that?
I'm looking since hours about this, but I don't find the problem. It doesn't work also, when I try the same in Indesign. I use the version 5.0.1.
Thanks for any help
Hans

Check if the file exists, and if it does, attempt to delete it. If the file still exists, then it's in use and you can inform the user that you can't export the file.
Obviously, if the file doesn't exist, then you can do the export.

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