Adobe ActiveX Control problem in C#

[s.danyal.k]

Hi All,

I have made an application that loads an Adobe Acrobat file and shows
it. For this I ve used Adobe ActiveX

Control available in C#. Heres a sample code. I am adding the control
programmiticall y and NOT through the

designer.

private AxAcroPDFLib.Ax AcroPDF axAcroPDF1;
private void InitializeAdobe ()
{
try
{
System.Resource s.ResourceManag er resources = new

System.Resource s.ResourceManag er(typeof(Form1 ));
this.axAcroPDF1 = new AxAcroPDFLib.Ax AcroPDF ();
((System.Compon entModel.ISuppo rtInitialize)(t his.axAcroPDF1) ).BeginInit();
this.axAcroPDF1 .Enabled = true;
this.axAcroPDF1 .Location = new System.Drawing. Point(84,
38);
this.axAcroPDF1 .Name = "axPdf1";
this.axAcroPDF1 .OcxState =

((System.Window s.Forms.AxHost. State)(resource s.GetObject("ax AcroPDF1.OcxSta te")));
this.axAcroPDF1 .Size = new System.Drawing. Size(854,
470);
this.axAcroPDF1 .TabIndex = 0;
this.Controls.A dd(this.axAcroP DF1);

((System.Compon entModel.ISuppo rtInitialize)(t his.axAcroPDF1) ).EndInit();

axAcroPDF1.Load File ("C:\\Test.pdf" );
axAcroPDF1.Show ();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne (ex.ToString ());
}
}

This codes works fine. This sample is written using Adobe ActiveX
Control 7.0. Now the problem is that i cant

run this application is Adobe Acorbat 6.0 is installed and NOT Adobe
7.0. In other words i m facing

compatibility issues. Same is the case if I make the application using
Adobe ActiveX Control 6.0 and then run

it when Adobe 7.0 is installed.
Is there any way I can make it 'generic'. Client may have 6.0 or 7.0 or
any other version installed. I want my

application to work in all circumstances.. ....or atleast in both 6.0
and 7.0. I ve searched for and havent

found anything solid. There are similar questions regarding this
problem but none of them have been answered.
I ve tried something else also :

Guid guid = new Guid
("{ca8a9780-280d-11cf-a24d-444553540000}") ;
Type myType =Type.GetTypeFr omCLSID(guid, true);
Object o = Activator.Creat eInstance (myType);
BUT now i cant do anything further. The object returned is of type
'System.__ComOb ject'. I guess if ANY COM

object is used it will always return this. I ve tried casting the
object to the appropriate library but it

throws exception (invalid cast).

is there anyway that an application built in any version work with all
other versions OR atleast if an

application uses the latest Adobe it would run on earlier ones too.

ANY idea regarding this issue is most welcome.

Thanks
Danyal