[JS CS3] Crash by using FindChange-Script

Question

This is a very unusual and mysterious problem:
I've a document within 10 stories (my chapters) und I want to replace all quotation marks by using the FindChange-Script ...
text    {findWhat:"^{"}    {changeTo:"<00BB>"}
When I execute the script about each separate story the script works fine. But when I execute the script about the whole document a progress bar with the text "Replacing text" is started. And by reaching the end InDesign crashes with the information "unknown software exception (0xc000000d)".
I already tried the same script on a different computer and by copying all stories in one. Nothing works!?
So it seems that the script crashes because of the size of the document!?
Did anyone know this kind of problem? ... I don't get it!???
H.
PS: Replacing all quotation marks by the InDesign-Search+Replace works fine too.

Answer 1

Hi Olav,
a) My hard drive has 13 GB free space and was defragmented a week ago. In addition: I tested the script on an other computer with the same result.
b) All fonts are embedded and I am the "administrator"
c) The script is executed by the "doScript" method:
function myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
    //Reset the find/change preferences before each search.
    app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
    app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
    var myString = "app.findTextPreferences.properties = " + myFindPreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.changeTextPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
        myFoundItems = myObject.changeText();
    //Reset the find/change preferences after each search.
    app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
    app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
The curious thing about is: When I search for other items e.g. n-dashs the script works fine. It crashes just by searching quotation marks.
But even though: Thanks for the your answers!
H.