Indesign cs5.5 plugin issue

Question

I have indesign cs3 with xmpie, it is a utility that does variable data. I am now on cs5.5 and every time I open a document that I worked on in indesign cs3, I get a missing plugin error and the file turns into a read only document with [converted] at the end of the file name. It is really annoying whenever I try re-saving the file.  Is there a way to get rid of this.

Answer 1

I've never had a problem converting one of my own files directly, but we see enough reports here from users who have unexplained file corruption after opeing CS3 and CS4 files in particular in CS5 or later that I now, as a matter of course, always export legacy files to interchange (.inx in the case of CS3) format for conversion.
As a bonus, it also recomposes all the text using the new text engine in the newer version, getting those nasty surprises out of the way, too. If you do a direct conversion the text is not recomposed until you touch a frame in some way which can give you a false sense of security. There is always the possibility, especially in longer docs with threaded text, that a line ending will change, affecting keep options or causing oversets, so check any conversion carefully.