AcroExch - Acrobat SDK 9.0

Hi,
I have a copy of Adobe Acrobat 9 pro installed along with the SDK. I can run the BasicIACVB example and have used the sample to find text in the pdf, however I am having issues pulling the actual page number that the text is found on.
I am using the ACROBAT.CACROAVPAGEVIEW object.
Dim gAVPage as Acrobat.CAcroAVPageView
gAvPage = CreateObject("AcroExch.CAcroAVPageView")
I get an error stating "Cannot create ActiveX component." on the second line, the CreateObject line.
I can create an object of AcroExch.AVDoc just fine without errors.
Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Oh, I am developing in VB.net 2005 on a Windows XP Pro Box.
Thanks!
JT

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