Problem dragging library items

I have inherited a document that was started by someone else which also came with a library file. I can open it up but when I try to drag items to the artwork it just beeps at me!
I think the originator was on CS4 PC and I am on CS3 Mac - is that the problem? Is there a way around it?
I have a folder with the original files in for the graphics which are in the library but perhaps the link has been lost? It won't even let me drag tables or text that were created in ID.
Thanks

Windows vs Mac shouldn´t be a problem... CS3 vs CS4 might well be a problem. I think you cannot use CS4 library in CS3, vice versa should be fine.

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Welcome to the Dreamweaver world!
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I have coding to place Library Item into the Page Layout, my Script placing the library Item into that parent Page,
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Regards
Hurix

Hi hurix,
Are you try the above requirement in manually, You can't do even manually, because you already placed the library item into the XML text in between, again you drag the you respective box element xml text into the box, definitely its shown the error in InDesign like this...("Elements cannot be placed into an inline").
Now, what you have to do it for your requirement to meet. First you placed the library item into the respective page, then placed the box xml element content into the library item text frame.
try{
    var mySideBarXML = myElement;
    var myLibraryItem = app.libraries[0].assets.item("Box").placeAsset(myDoc)[0];// here you give the page, i.e., you selection element text parent page;
    myLibraryItem.move(mySideBarXML.xmlContent.parentTextFrames[0].parentPage);
     try {
         myLibraryItem.textFrames[0].placeXML(myElement);   // if the library element is group of text frame.
     catch (ee) {
         myLibraryItem.placeXML(myElement);// single text frame no group.
thx,
csm_phil,

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