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I have an Acro COM object on a WCF. the document loads correctly and most of the functionality you get through Adobe can be found within the COM. I need the "Comment" toolbar (specifically the "Highlight Text" tool) to be active. I can open that toolbar, but every option is greyed out. This may be a duplicate, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this question specifically despite searching everything I could find.

I do not need to save the highlighted text when I close the PDF. My PDF loading code is:

   Private Sub LOMCDataEntry_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim screen As Screen
    screen = screen.AllScreens(0)
    frmPDF.Bounds = (From scr In screen.AllScreens Where Not scr.Primary)(1).WorkingArea
    frmPDF.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual
    frmPDF.AxAcroPDF1.LoadFile("G:\GIS\Alycia\Development\LOMCDev\2015084\Regular LOMC Section\Region I\NH\15-01-0961A-330104.pdf")
    frmPDF.Show()
End Sub
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You need to use Javascript:

collab.showAnnotToolsWhenNoCollab = true

Take a look at this question: Enabling annotation in Adobe AxAcroPDFLib It's for C# but it may help.

Also download the SDK (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat.html) and check the ActiveViewVB sample project.

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