VB Application to populate a PDF

Hi
I am creating a program using winforms.net to take some manually entered data and put the values in a PDF using Acrobat SDK toolkit v 11 pro.
My systerm trail version for acrobat expired expired in a month.
So I tried to copy the exe of the vb.net win form to my laptop instead, but it does not open/populate the pdf.
I just realized that the laptop does not have acrobat 11 there.
So if I just install the trial version of acrobat 11 on my laptop then will the exe be able to populate the pdf?
After the 30 days expire on my laptop will my exe still be able to create the pdf and populate its values.
If not, what do i need to buy, will a acrobat reader be enough or do i need the acrobate writer purchased?
This is not on a server or a webpage but just on my single computer for single personal use.
So what do i need for this?
js

I've no idea what you mean by "run it off the .net". Whatever API you use, Acrobat is run, visible or invisible. The libraries just connect to Acrobat. (It's called Acrobat Pro and there is also Acrobat Standard; there has never been a product Adobe Writer or Acrobat Writer).
Acrobat Reader was renamed Adobe Reader around 2003. This is free and has a very limited API as described in the Acrobat SDK.
Why would there be another solution? The Acrobat SDK exists only to sell Acrobat, not to provide people away to avoid buying it. It is a marketing tool.

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