AxAcroPDFLib with Acrobat 9

Hi,
I am using AxAcroPDFLlib for viewing the PDF in window project.When i use the Acrobat 8 my code is working fine.But when i use the Acrobat 9 and use the acrobat application object (app.GetNumAVDocs() ) to get the number of open doc it always return the 0.But it gives with acrobat 8.0.
Please help!!!!!!!!!!

Hi,
well I am working on a tool which use to compare two PDF documents.
oAvDocsrc = (Acrobat.AcroAVDoc)oApp.GetAVDoc(0) for first PDF and
oAvDocDest = (Acrobat.AcroAVDoc)oApp.GetAVDoc(1) for Second PDF.
These are working in Acrobat 8.
But when we try acrobat 9 , i am getting null value in oAvDocsrc and oAvDocDest objects.

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