SmartStream crashes InDesign CS6

Question

The SmartStream Designer plugin crashes InDesign every other time I use it. Here is the bug report:
Process:          
Adobe InDesign CS6 [382]
Path:             
/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS6/Adobe InDesign CS6.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS6
Identifier:       
com.adobe.InDesign
Version:          
8.0.0.370 (8000)
Code Type:        
X86 (Native)
Parent Process:   
??? [1]
Responsible:      
Adobe InDesign CS6 [382]
Date/Time:        
2014-12-22 14:20:54.756 -0700
OS Version:       
Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Report Version:   
11
Time Awake Since Boot: 470 seconds
Crashed Thread:   
0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type:   
EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:  
KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000003
VM Regions Near 0x3:
-->
__TEXT            
0000000000001000-0000000000005000 [   16K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS6/Adobe InDesign CS6.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS6
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.applescript   
0x10589e99 CreateStyleMapFromLegacyData(STElement**) + 99
1   com.apple.applescript   
0x10589dce TASDialect::SetStyleMapObsolete(STElement**) + 24
2   com.apple.applescript   
0x105866fd ASSetSourceStylesLocal(STElement**) + 32
3   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore    0x97091983 callComponent_4 + 18
4   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore    0x9707f062 CallComponentFunction + 42
5   com.apple.applescript   
0x1057d1d6 AppleScriptComponent + 728
6   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore    0x96fee848 CallComponent + 190
7   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore    0x96fee89c CallComponentDispatch + 29
8   com.apple.openscripting 
0x90fa39fc OSASetDefaultScriptingComponent + 43
9   com.apple.openscripting 
0x90f9b4b3 OSADoIt(short, ComponentInstanceRecord*, FSRef const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, long, unsigned long*, AEDesc*, unsigned char*) + 2772
10  com.apple.openscripting 
0x90f9bacf OSALoadFile + 79
11  com.adobe.InDesign.Support for AppleScript    0x17ad17cf 0x17ac5000 + 51151
12  com.adobe.InDesign.Support for AppleScript    0x17ad2fd4 0x17ac5000 + 57300
13  com.adobe.InDesign.Merger.sdk     0x1bcb085b YTDDMEUtils::RunAppleScriptGetMyDocumentsPath() + 939
14  com.adobe.InDesign.Merger.sdk     0x1bcb0b2b YTDDMEUtils::GetMyDocumentsPath(PMString, PMString) + 43
15  com.adobe.InDesign.Merger.sdk     0x1bcab216 YTDDMEUtils::GetSmartStreamUserDataPath(PMString, PMString) + 166
16  com.adobe.InDesign.Merger.sdk     0x1bcae4db YTDDMEUtils::GetImpositionUserPresetsFolderPath(PMString) + 171
17  com.adobe.InDesign.Imposition UI.sdk    0x1bfb4bb5 YTDImpUtils::getImpUserTemplatesPath(PMString&) + 133
18  com.adobe.InDesign.Imposition UI.sdk    0x1bf7c091 YTDImpGlobal::buildTemplatesVec() + 209
19  com.adobe.InDesign.Imposition UI.sdk    0x1bf7c97d YTDImpGlobal::initImpGlobal() + 269
20  com.adobe.InDesign.Imposition UI.sdk    0x1bf6ac05 YTImpositionDialogController::InitializeDialogFields(IActiveContext*) + 37
21  WidgetBinLib.dylib      
0x00034b4d CDialogController::InitializeDialog(IActiveContext*) + 61
22  com.adobe.InDesign.Widgets  
0x158a560d 0x1588e000 + 95757
23  com.adobe.InDesign.Widgets  
0x158a4c4e 0x1588e000 + 93262
24  com.adobe.InDesign.Imposition UI.sdk    0x1bf68313 YTDImpActionComponent::DoImpositionDialog() + 387
25  com.adobe.InDesign.Actions  
0x1a859bc4 GetPlugIn + 19908
26  com.adobe.InDesign.Actions  
0x1a85e7b2 GetPlugIn + 39346
27  com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework    0x11620614 0x11610000 + 67092
28  com.apple.HIToolbox     
0x9401d5d4 _InvokeEventHandlerUPP(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*, long (*)(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)) + 36
29  com.apple.HIToolbox     
0x93e67501 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2291
30  com.apple.HIToolbox     
0x93e664dc SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 402
31  com.apple.HIToolbox     
0x93e79d25 SendEventToEventTarget + 88
32  com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework    0x1161ee21 0x11610000 + 60961
33  com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework    0x1163d327 GetPlugIn + 12007
34  com.adobe.InDesign      
0x00001ec5 main + 341
35  com.adobe.InDesign      
0x00001d55 start + 53
That is just the first chunk of text that seemed relevant to the crash. If more is needed I can easily recreate the scenario and get the whole report.
I initially tried using the latest release of Indesign CS6 (8.0.2) with the same results. I thought that going to a previous version would help. If anyone can make sense of the text above, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan

Answer 1

Hi Danariotti,
My workmate and I are having the same problem here, with the same report you are getting with Indesign CS6.
This started with the upgrade to Yosemite, so we trialled the latest update to Smartstream with Adobe Indesign CC 2014 but this caused the programme to shutdown as soon as you start running indesign. I am hesitant to fully upgrade our Smartstream, as it is expensive for an unstable plug-in. The problem we are having is Adobe blame HP Smartstream and they blame Apple and back around again, we don't seem to get much support. Can you tell me if you get an answer to this please.
Cheers Tony