IDCS5 Mac - Resource question

My current project may open up as many as 194 documents in a session before it starts telling me that it is unable to open up the next document in line because it is "damaged."  Yet when I get out of InDesign, return, and open the documents that were reported as damaged, they open just fine.  Additionally, the plugin that was being used to open all these documents will open the documents just fine and do what it is required to do.
BTW, if I process a lesser number of documents through the plugin in question in the Debug version, no leaks are reported when I exit InDesign.
Is there a resource limit involved here that I should know about?  And if there is, is there any way around it?
Please be advised that I am using ProcessScheduledCommands() to ensure that a document is really closed once I tell InDesign to close it.

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    2. Ditto , ACT. Can I use ACT if I load the application? Any experience with that?
    No idea what ACT is.
    But if it runs on Windows then it can run on a Mac running Windows.
    3. Can I use MS Explorer when under the Windows environment (on the Mac). Limitations?
    Yes, no limitations.
    If it runs on Windows then it can run on a Mac running Windows.
    4. Assume I am in Windows on Mac via Boot Camp. Assume I have MS word etc for Windows . Lets say I get an e-mail with an attached word file or whatever doc. If I then save it to say, ' My office work ,Folder A'. Close the Window environment, and Open Mac , can I get to same folder & open same doc?
    Yes, if the Windows partition is FAT32, you will be able to make and save changes.
    If the partition is NTFS then you will only be able to read the Word file.
    Note when running Windows you can not read the Mac partition unless you have third party tools.
    I did get a reply about this item (no. 5) but it had buzz words such as NTFS and FAT VOL, I dont understand that,sorry,
    A hard drive (the disk) in order to work with an operating system needs to be formatted.
    Windows can use two formats, one called FAT and one called NTFS.
    Generally NTFS is preferred when running Windows, but FAT is more compatible with OS X for reading and writing files.
    iFelix

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