Help with PDF hyperlinks

Hi all.
So I been working on this project for school, I am making a database and after the user enters a specific entry a PDF will open up in Adobe Reader.
Now that PDF file has hyperlinks that open other PDF files. Now here is where I have my problem.
When I click the hyperlink, a new browser window shows up and shows me the pdf file but for some reason parts of it appear blank. Now if I were to open that same exact file on Adobe Reader I can see it just fine.
The browser that opens up is Mozilla Firefox btw. Any reason on why certain parts will be blank when it open ups in firefox but look perfectly fine if I were to open it on Adobe Reader?
Also this is separate but is there a way to make it so that when you click the hyperlink, the pdf file is opened in a new Adobe Reader window?
Thanks in advance.

Most likely because Firefox has its own PDF viewer plugin which is quite buggy, and is unfortunately used by default.
You can set up Adobe Reader as the viewer by following these instructions: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html

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