Acrobat Distiller Automation Interface Error

As software developer I try to use the Adobe Acrobat Distiller Automation Interface as described in the document "Acrobat Distiller
API Reference", "Windows Automation".
Now I have found the problem, that if the same user is using the automation interface at the same time, the second user fails with the following error: The server threw an exception. (-2147417851).
I have investigated myself into the problem I discovered that the same user is sharing the acrodist.exe process. How can I now start
an own process to allow parallel execution?
With two different users the problem does not occur.
Thanks for your help
Raphael Affolter

That's what I have done. I have created an own Mutext to synchronize access to the Distiller Interface.
But race conditions exists even with a Mutex on a fast machine because if one process is releasing and the other acquiring the Distiller interface at the same time, the second process may fail.
The documentation says: Each user of the automation interface has its own Distiller instance. There is no sharing of a common Distiller.
Therefore I have tested this and it works fine for different users (even if the EULA prohibits this).
To solve the synchronization and race conditions, even for the same user an own instance should be started or the Distiller should serialize the requests itself (to avoid race condition).
Thanks again
Raphael Affolter

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