Fit Content To Frame Crashes InDesign CS3 !

Hi
iam try to fit the content to it's frame
if(Utils<Facade::IFrameContentFacade>()->CanFitContentToFrame(UIDList(newPageItemRef)))
ErrorCode err=Utils<Facade::IFrameContentFacade>()->FitContentToFrame((UIDList(newPageItemRef)));
But whenever I execute this methos InDesign CS3 crashes..
Wht could be the reason??
thanks,
nataraj

You probably need to pass the content item and not the frame.
Use IHierarchy to navigate to the first child item of
newPageItemRef and pass that to FitContentToFrame instead.

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