Embedding Acrobat Reader (or other PDF Display) in OA Page

Hi, I have a scenario where I want the user to view a PDF in part of the page while they are keying in information on form fields in the rest of the page. Is something like this possible? I thought it might be possible to embed the Acrobat reader in an iFrame but I'm not sure what kind of support OA pages offer for that.
Also, if this is not possible, what about rendering the first page of the PDF to an image (TIFF or JPG) using PDF libraries and displaying that? Has anyone played with this?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
You can embed the PDF document inside the HTML o use and Inner Frame to render the PDF. Please check some examples (and explanation) in the following address:
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1682#
Hope this help,
Jose

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