Acrobat SDK parameter definitions initialization locations

I just updated an old plug-in to work in the SDK 9 environment using Acrobat 9.1.3. It works great now. However, our user community is still using Acrobat 7. My plug-in won't load in an Acrobat 7 environment (Windows PC with Acrobat 7 installed on it). Which parameters control whether my plug-in will work with prior versions of Acrobat such as Acrobat 7? Or do I need to install Acrobat 7 on my PC with the Acrobat SDK 7?
As I've research this issue, I've found numerous C++ compiler parameters whose definitions are checked by various C++ header files. However, I don't know where those headers are initially set. For example, where is PI_ACROVIEW_VERSION initially set?

Thanks for the very quick response. I just found the header file that contains a lot of the definitions that may allow me to configure my plug-in to work in Acrobat 7 as well as Acrobat 9. The header file is PIRequir.h. Do any other header files need to be updated to define the SDK and Acrobat versions?
Along with my getting up to speed writing plug-ins for Acrobat, I am having trouble compiling my working plug-in ourside the Acrobat SDK 9 Sample plug-ins directory/project environment. I defined a new DLL Project using Visual Studio 2008 under the Visual Studio Projects directory but some C++ compiler parameters were not properly defined. I tried to set the project properties to be the same in the new project as it was under the Samples project (i.e., the BasicPlug-in defined as the startup project). But I'm getting some compile errors because certain parameters are apparently not set properly. Note that I used Visual Studio 2008 with the Acrobat SDK 9 but I converted the BasicPlug-in to be my new plug-in and it worked fine.
Anyway, if you know any secrets for setting up a new Acrobat plug-in in Visual Studio 2008 Visual C++ project to ensure that the C++ compiler parameters are set properly such as which the ones that need special attention in a newly defined project, that would be very helpful.

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