AS2, Flash 8 and opening pdf files

Hi all,
I am using Flash 8, Actionscript 2, to open pdf files from a
projector.
Everything is fine if I use 'FreeMX' and the computer has
Acrobat 5, 6, 7 installed.
But it fails to work if the computer has Adobe Reader 8
installed - the pdf document does not open.
Does anyone know of this and whether there is a workround?
It's kinda urgent - the client is breathing down my neck here:)
Julian

I think I may have resolved my problem - it looks like Adobe
Reader 8 uses different code to parse its command line than before.
The path and file name I used in my code had '/' as the path
separator, which worked fine with Acrobat/Reader 6 and 7. But (at
least here) not with Adobe Reader 8 - instead I had to convert to
'\' to make it work.
Julian

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