Open a PDF in Acrobat, not a browser?

I created a Flash interface that links to a bunch of PDFs. I'm currently using the "GetURL, _blank" function to open the PDFs, which opens them in a browser window. Is there a way to "tell" the PDF to open in Acrobat instead of a browser window?

on (release) {
    fscommand ("exec", "open_jpg.bat");
write a bat to open your pdf
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