Control Adobe Reader browser plug-in programmatically

Is it possible to control the size of the
Adobe Reader Browser plug-in programmitically?
I would like to be able to:
1) Reduce the size of the plugin, so that I can use the
  botton half of the browser to display other information.
2) Change/Reload/Specify a different document to display.
3) Programmitically zoom or chnage pages.
I would like to do this with ASP.NET, if possible.
I've seen thrid party ASP.NET controls that do this.
I would prefer to use the Adobe plug-in.
Thanks

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