Open PDF document in a web only with Javascript. How?

  Hello everyone.
  I want to open a PDF document using Javascript. Is it possible?.
  I think so but I do not know.
  I have read this site:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html
but I find no examples, no help.
Thank you, kind regards.

If the user has a PDF viewer installed (such as Acrobat or Reader), and it
is set to open PDF files in the browser, then the file will open in the
browser window. If not, it will be launched externally or saved.
Alternatively, you can try embedding the file in your page:
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2007/08/using_the_html_embed_tag_to_di.html

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