Javascript that will allow a viewer to open a .pdf from a .exe published project

Question

I had to publish my project as a .exe file because I needed
to burn it to a CD for our employees who don't have access to our
network. Within the project, I have several click boxes that need
to open .pdf files that the employees will need to open and view.
However, when I publish the project and click on the click boxes,
the .pdfs try to open in IE and I receive a "page can't be
displayed" error. I called Adobe Tech Support and they told me that
as long as I'm publishing as a .exe, my clickboxes can't open .pdf
s or any other standalone files. (I really need the autorun
feature, so I can't publish to Flash).
Does anyone know a javascript that I could use to make my
tutorial open the .pdf files when a user clicks on a click
box?

Answer 1

Hi sheriln and you too Rick
I am shocked at Tech Support saying you can't do this
. reason is that I build most of my stuff in exe
output and have no problem in getting pdf/doc/xls etc. to open out
of the exe package. The only trick is to physically type in the
EXACT full path of the file you want opened and when publishing for
CD you might really want to check out the cd drive designation on
your client machines e.g. my cd drive is drive E so a Sample.pdf
file would be opened as E:/ProgramFiles/TLDP/Sample.pdf. Just make
sure the file is available at the destination and type this path
into the open URL or File box.
Cheers and good luck (Rick, stay well)
Andrew