3ds Max : Importing .ai to 3ds max

Any way to import a .ai file into max as a spline? i created a vector object in illustrator, saved it, but when i import it into max i get improper format error
tried saving as earlier version of AI as well

save to v6 then it works

my options are CS2 , CS , 10,9,8, and 3 japanese
never used illustrator cs2 before , im usin a co-workers computer to do it,
"line exceeds 255 charaters" invalid format
thats the error

are u doing it on a mac
or did u name your file name too long
try a short file name

hmm closed illustrator, reloaded the file and resaved as a version 3 file and it works

thanks for the assistance, i think it was the filename actually and not the version
i had spaces in the filename