Missing SMD Channel Model.sdk.InDesign Plugin

Hello everybody!
I got an InDesign file from a print office today. When I try to open it, I get a message that advises me to not open the file because the SMD Channel.sdk.InDesign Plugin isn't available on my system.
Like a good girl I googled the problem and yes there are already some posts about that problem. Also in this forum there's already an existing discussion about it: Link InDesign Discussion
But for the solutions they offer I should open the document but I simply can't. Because when I press "OK" only
another warning appears that says that I can't open the document and that I should update my modules or update to the current verison
of InDesign. When I press "OK" again nothing further happens. (Pictures below)
Operating System: Windows Vista
InDesign Version: CS 5
Sorry that the screenshots are in german. I hope you can use them anyway.
Thanks for your help! -- Jannie

Hi Jannie,
This is not a big issue, it seems that the document you are using was created from a later version of InDesign than the one you are using to open it. Since you are using CS5 the document is probably created using CS5.5 or CS6, and you cannot open a doc of later version in a previous version of InDesign for obvious reasons.
And for the reason this problem(your first screenshot) occurs is that every plugin in InDesign can save some persistent data on the document and if it does so then whenver you open such a document and the plugin is not loaded then this prompt occurs. However if the developer coding the plugin has some foresight he can avoid such alerts to the user by using Ignoretags resource in the plugin code.
Hope my explanation cleared out the confusions you had on this behavior of InDesign
Thanks
-Manan

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