NavigateToURL() not working when trying to open a file.

Question

Hi,
I am working on an AIR Flex application running on the local Windows system.
Following code works when accessing the file from my local system.
I want to display a file which is present in a remote server.
In ActionScript, The below code does NOT work.
var url:String = "\\<RemoteServerName>\d1\abc.pdf";
var   request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);  
flash.net.navigateToURL(request,
"_blank");
When I am trying to open the file manually, e.g. Start -> Run -> Open (\\<RemoteServerName>\d1\abc.pdf), the document opens fine.
Please let me know if there are any other way of opening a file from remote location.
Thank You,
Sway

Answer 1

Thanks rkewlani,
I think I am geting closer for a solution though I am getting a new error after changing the URL.
My new url:String looks like
var url:String = file:\\RemoteServerName\d1\abc.pdf;
var  request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
flash.net.navigateToURL(request,"_blank");
Error I get is :
SecurityError: Error #2121: Security sandbox violation: navigateToURL: app:/XXX.swf cannot access file:\\RemoteServerName\d1\abc.pdf;. This may be worked around by calling Security.allowDomain.
I added Security.allowDomain("*") to the creationComplete event of the form, Now the error is
SecurityError: Error #3207: Application-sandbox content cannot access this feature.
at flash.system::Security$/allowDomain()
Any help on this.
Thanks,
Sway