Acrobat X plugin & browser hosting

Hi,
We are currently in the process of adjusting one of our plugins for Acrobat X (using the Acrobat X SDK, of course).
The plugin is relevant only when Acrobat is hosted (opened through) in a browser (mainly IE & Safari), that is - A user clicks on a link in the browser which opens a (browser) modal windows with a frame displaying the PDF (fetched from the web server) via Acrobat plugin for IE (or Safari). The plugin is a complemetry product to a web application, so it is not relevant when working with Acrobat as stand-alone.
With Acrobat 8.0 & 9.0 (which the plugin is built for) we can see the buttons the plugin adds to one of the upper toolbars, but with Acrobat X we cannot.
After reading this post we understood that the upper toolbars in Acrobat X are non-changable and GUI menu objects are placed in the "Tools panel" (the "Tools" button, upper-rigth, opens a panel to the right of the application's window and the plugins installed should be listed there).
The problem starts when Acrobat is in "Browser mode" - In this case the "Tools" button to open the panel does not exist. In fact, No upper toolbar exists (or... we did not find a way to make them show, no programmatic and no manual way).
Did anyone face a similar problem?
Is there a way to make the "Tools panel" show when Acrobat X is opened via browser?
Thanks
Omri

There is no need to answer like that. Believe me... I can be rude as well... But, we are all here for similar reasons - which is helping each other with a product that you represent. So, I'll ignore the tone of your last answer and appreciate you avoiding this tone as well (trust me - it will not get you far, in any aspect in life). I also believe that your supiriers do not appriciate you replying this way.
And BTW - I did download the Acrobat X SDK documentation, read it all and researched the web about my issue (I think you can understand it from the questions I've been asking) - Haven't seen such a poor documented product\SDK in a long time... So the problem (I assume) is not me, but your temper!
Oh... And the last link you sent me has nothing to do with my issue - no mention of Acrobat being hosted in a browser.
I asked if Acrobat X, when hosted in a browser, can display toolbars - And you answered that "... Yes. If the user exits out of reading mode...".
Then I asked if it's possible to exit the default "reading mode" (minimal GUI) programmatically - And you answered "No".
A simple logical conclusion - In browser mode (embedded PDF file in browser), if a plugin has GUI elements (i.e. buttons) - it is not usable if a user can't see it (and he\she won't be able to invoked it's functionality).
Now, lets return to Acrobat X:
I did some testing with embedded Acrobat frames (in IE) and came to the following simple conclusion - Acrobat 10.0.0 is very buggy when hosted (embedded) in browser. Sometimes the "Tools" button shows, sometimes not.
After upgrading to 10.1.0 it consistent: The <embed...> tag is working perfectly and the upper toolbar is visible, but the "Tools" button (near "Comments" & "Share") is not there. But! When opening an embedded PDF file which has an AcroForm in it - The "Tools" button is shown and I can see our plugin.
So I'm still confused about it but I feel I'm getting there....
This is my HTML (without the <embed...> tag, which works):
<html>
<frameset rows="33%,*,*">
<frame src="XForm.pdf" />
<frame src="Doc1.pdf" /> 
</frameset>
</html>
This page contains two frames, each with an embedded PDF.
If the static PDF is the only one shown (comment the XForm.pdf frame) - It is shown in "Reading mode", with no toolbars or panels visible.
If both are shown - Then both Acrobat frames will have the toolbars and the "Tools" button.
I have screenshots (how do I upload them to the forum? - I still don;t know... Maybe you can refer me to the Documentation of using this forum ;-)).
Can someone shed some light here? Is this behavior by design?
Thanks,
Omri

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