Captivate 3: Open PDF in Reader not Browser

Hi,
I finally got a hold of Captivate at work, only to be saddled with a somewhat older version 3... So sorry for dredging up old software...
I'm trying to open a local PDF in reader instead of in a browser and I'm just not JS savvy enough to come up with a solution, or understand how to trouble shoot the apparent solutions I've found on the Internet when they don't work. My project has to run as a standalone on a very limited system in a public workshop environment (no network or Internet access etc. hence trying to keep the user out of the browser.)
Trying to get the PDF form to save to a local drive and with a time-stamp is another issue...
...But first, does anyone have a beginners solution to getting the PDF open in Reader?
Thanks.

Welcome to our community
I stand to be corrected on this but I don't believe you have a choice. As I understand it, whether the PDF opens in the standalone reader or in the browser is dependent upon how it has been configured for each installation. That means each PC is likely to be different.
I might suggest you ask this question over in the Acrobat forums to confirm. I might think the question you would want to ask is this: I'm linking to a PDF from a Web Page. Can I force it to open in the reader application instead of the browser?
Click here to visit the Acrobat forums
Please do post back here and advise what you learned!
Cheers... Rick
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