Developing a plugin for Adobe Reader 9.0

Hi All,
I want to develop a plugin in Adobe Reader 9.0. I have setup Visual Studio 2005 and the plugin wizard.
I am using the samples from acrobat SDK 9.0, I am able to build the samples and *.api is created. I have put that file in the plugins directory but I am not able to use the plugins in adobe reader as well not getting any error.
Do I have to get key from adobe for plugin testing on my local PC?
Regards,
Sawan

You can refer this: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/w whelp.htm?context=Acrobat9_HTMLHelp&file=Plugins_ReaderPlug.52.5.html

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