Use Acrobat Reader from Java

Hi everybody!
Can anyone tell me, how I can call the Acrobat Reader from Java, open a pdf-document and make a snapshot fo the first page?
I have to create an Image file of a page of a pdf-file.
I already tried pdfbox and iText, both do not work.
So using Acrobat seems to be the best solution, from my point of view.
Any suggestions?
Thx in Advance!
Stef

Jeah, I did, but nothing usefull there.
Perhaps it is possible to open a pdf and save a sanpashot of one page as an image using commandline or jscript?
Any hints, ides?
Greetings
Stef

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