OpenDoc and Reader to open a PDF in a new window

Question

I have a button that when clicked launches: app.openDoc("Samples.pdf");
The script works fine in Acrobat Pro, but does not work in Reader. Is this a restriction in Reader? Is there another method of opening a PDF from within the form?
The functionality I am seeking is straightforward: the button is placed besides a drop-down list of items and the PDF file shows examples of the various items.

Answer 1

Everything I've read about hostContainer both in the JS documentation and through examples other users have provided indicate that it is mainly used when a PDF is embedded in some other document such as an html web page and you need to communicate between the pdf and the hostContainer the examples i've seen seem to indicate that the hostContainer is the web page itself and not the browser.  My document isn't embedded in a web page, it is simply open using the browser's pdf plug-in.  I've seen another example where someone tried to user app.LaunchURL("www.mywebpage.com/mydocument.pdf").  I tried this aslo but I get the error "Security settings prevent access to this property or method."  All I want is for a new pdf document to be loaded in the same window when the user clicks a button.  I've done this with no problem before when I used the "open a file" action on bookmarks created for each of the PDFs.  And when I set the action I specified "open in existing window".  The actions worked correctly whether the pdf was open in Acrobat Professional, Acrobat Reader, or a Web Browser.   Isn't there an acrobat javascript that does the same thing?  When I did this before I used bookmarks and then used batch processing to add the bookmarks to all of the PDFs so I wouldnt have to recreate them in each one.  This time I want to use buttons to have more screen real-estate and to better control the visual appearance.  I know I could still use the "open a file" action wth a button, I was just hoping there was a javascript alternative so I could have more control over it.