ActiveX controls on SAP

Hi
I have been reading and looking up on articles regarding the use of activeX controls on a SAP B1 form. So far, I have been able to display the control.
But when it comes to manipulate its properties and/or methods, the control throws an error or should i say SAP. In my case I try to load a PDF document into a viewer (PDF Creator) to achieve manipulation of fields on the pdf. But so far I cannot accomplish this without any errors. This occurs intermittently since sometimes it (rarely) it performs the required command.
I've been reading about wrapping the control other terms such as remoting. What was the point of SAP giving us an "active X" container if there is no apparent way to communicate with it? Is there an easy way out to achieve this?
thanks, cheers

Hello Neftali,
Could you post your complete codesample?
I did try to run the business one example but it don't work.
Maybe your codesample can help me.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Teun Aben

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