Opening a pdf file through form 10g

Dear all,
I have requirement to open a pdf file through my form application.
Ho will i do this?
What is the procedure to do this??
Please help me.
Regards

Can you tell me where the pdf can be found. Through a webserver or inside the database or is the pdf somewhere else?
If the pdf is available through an url you could use web.show_document which can open the url/pdf document in a new browser window.
If the pdf is inside the database you could download the pdf to the client using webutil and then open the pdf document using a host command.
If the pdf is inside the database or by a url you can also use a forms bean. I've used forms bean bean to unload a pdf from the database and show it inside the forms application. Most important when using a forms bean is that the bean component can show all the fonts which are used inside the pdf. There are some free solutions which can not show i.e. bar codes. The are also some paid components which will do the trick.
Regards,
Mark

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I have downloaded the PDFviewer.zip file and followed all instructions.
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Tried my level best but no success.
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