Populating a PDF programmatically

We have a VB6 application from which we wish to programmatically distribute PDF documents. Before distributing the document we need to pre-populate certain fields so that we can identify the document when it is returned. The document needs to be saveable by the end user, so requires reader extensions to be applied. Unfortunately we cannot find a means by which it is possible to programmatically populate a form once reader extensions have been enabled.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how this can be achieved?
We are using Live Cycle Designer ES 8 for development and Acrobat 9 Standard for distribution. Users would be using Adobe Reader 8 or 9 to complete the forms.

You might try one of these two places
The Acrobat SDK Developer Forum is here
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.eed56a0/
The Acrobat Scripting Forum is here
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3bbedaa6

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