Populating a PDF: still use FDF toolkit or is there a better option?

I have had an Access app with some VBA in it that would generate an FDF and merge it into the PDF. It runs on Windows machines and is only for 2 users. There is no other functionality required. Just populate some fields in a PDF and then load the PDF using Reader for view and print. My problem is that it is no longer working. I have a new install of Windows 7 64-bit and I cannot for the life of me get the FDF reference or libraries to register or load. I've tried every combination of regsvr32 I can think of and I still get the error that the library cannot be found. It is on a network drive, then I moved it local to Windows\system32, etc... It will not load. So my code looks like this:
Dim fdfApp As FDFACXLib.fdfApp, fdfout As FDFACXLib.FdfDoc
    Dim db As DAO.Database, rs As DAO.Recordset, sql As String
    Dim RetVal, outfile As String
        Set fdfApp = CreateObject("FdfApp.FdfApp")
        Set fdfout = fdfApp.FDFCreate
        fdfout.FDFSetValue "Owner Type", "Individual", False
        fdfout.FDFSetValue "Primary owner", Me.LAST_NAME & ", " & Me.FIRST_NAME, False
        fdfout.FDFSetValue "Co-owner name", Me.CO_LAST_NAME & ", " & Me.CO_FIRST_NAME, False
etc...
When it gets to CreateObject it fails with "ActiveX Component cannot create object." This is due to fdfacx.dll not being registered correctly. When I try to register it I get "The module fdfacx.dll failed to load.. the specified module could not be found."
So my questions are:
1-- Should I still be using FDFtoolkit for this?
2-- Is there a newer version that works with Windows 7? The one I have is circa 2004 and has two files fdfacx.dll and fdftk.dll. I have tried to find a newer one without success.
3-- What am I missing about getting it to register? I've downloaded a new one and overwritten it just to be sure it isn't corrupted.
Thanks!

Hi... I have a similar situation where we use the FDF toolkit to populate PDF documents programatically. I am a bit confused as to your mentioning that support for FDF has been dropped. Please check out the following link which seems to imply that Interapplication Communications using what appears to be an identical interface is supported by Acrobat 9.1.
Interapplication Communication API Reference for Acrobat 9
Is this API now part of the LiveCycle Forms Server product? Can this API provide me with an upgrade path with minimal software changes? Is there any documentation available for migrating from FDF to LiveCycle?
Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

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