Acrobat SDK Code

Hi,
This might be too much to ask but I was wondering if anyone has any VB.Net code they would like to share pertaining to the Acrobat SDK? I am gradually becoming more comfortable with it but i am still running into several mind boggling issues that i have not been able to resolve via help and web searching. I was hoping someone has some "stable" methods for combining PDF files and adding watermarks to existing files. I have created some methods (using the SDK samples as a foundation) but their performance is pretty inconsistant. I seem to be encountering alot of errors due to the Acrobat process not closing in the background.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joel

Hopefully some guys are general and contribute some codes.
I am also wating for some code to allow drawing a text select box on a PDF from my vb.net form.

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