Open PDF from a folder of changing files

My client wants to give CDRoms to people but he wants to be
able to put different PDF files on each one.
I can open a PDF with no problem, what I can't do is get
Director to recognise a folder of PDF files that is ever changing,
and be able to open individual PDF's with a click.
I want to be able to say to my client "put your PDF's in the
DOCUMENTS folder, then put all files onto a CD, simple as that".
How can I do it?

you can get the content of a folder with
- pure lingo using getNthFileNameInFolder()
- fileXtra4 using fx_FolderToList()
- buddyAPI using baFolderList()
hth
Ned

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