Opening a PDF in Acrobat via an AIR application

Hey,
I'm creating my first AIR application. The application needs to be able to launch Acrobat to view a PDF file.
I have done a lot of searching and can't seem to find anything, could someone point me in the right direction?
I read a response here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/161570/how-do-i-launch-a-standalone-swf-from-within-an- abode-air-application
That said:
"The AIR-Runtime is (still) not able to launch external Applications, except Acrobat Reader for PDFs and the default Browser (you can let the browser display the swf)."
Which led me to believe there was a way to do this.
Thanks for your help.
-Jason

You can view PDF by opening the html window with iframe (width and height 100%) that points to the PDF file.
I don't think its currently possible to start programs like Acrobat reader from AIR.

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