Open?url=file:///

Dear all,
While running some local website I've got some hyperlinks in it that say:
txmt://open?url=file:///Users/me/files/somefile.txt
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I'm trying to achieve the same for a pdf to open in Preview. I've replaced txmt with Preview but that doesn't work.
Can someone explain me this? I've looked into using: http://www.apple.com/applescript/linktrigger/index.html. But didn't get what to fill in for: com.apple.AppleScript.WebpageHelper
Thanks for any reply,
Gert

That page tells you what you need - just look at the image link on the side. You'll see it has a URL:
webpagehelper://com.apple.AppleScript.WebpageHelper?action=1&action=4!-http://www.apple.com/applescript/linktrigger/hummingbird.jpg
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<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.AppleScript.WebpageHelper</string>
This is the part of the URL after the protocol:// and before the arguments.
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>Webpage Helper</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>webpagehelper</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
The CFBundleURLName is pretty much anything you like - it's just a pretty name for the URL. The CFBundleURLSchemes is an array of the protocols you want to use (in this case webpagehelper:// )
If you want to translate those terms to your existing URL, then 'txmt' would be your CFBundleURLScheme and 'open' would be your CFBundleIdentifier

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