Opening a PDF from flash button

Hi guys,
I have not done this for a while and the old source files I got do not seem to work anymore in flash pro cs5. In the past I used ZINC and flash and these code lines:
the link to the PDF is loaded from an XML:  " ... url="data\\presentations\\EN_Vienna_Opening_Session\\EN_JShepherd_Past&Present.pdf" ... "
the link is then stored in a flash variabl:  " ... tPath = contentItems[0].childNodes[2].childNodes[3].attributes.url; ... "
the PDF is then opened with ZINC with: " ... mdm.System.exec(mdm.Application.path+tPath); ... "
I know this is not forum to support ZINC, but is there any other way of opening PDF files (so they open Acrobat outside FLash)?
Thanks,
Nik C

Have you already tried adding
htp.p('Content-Disposition:  attachment; filename...as described here?
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32472_01/doc/appdev.300/b32469/up_dn_files.htm#CIHDDJGF
Maybe it solves the problem, in case IE is a little bit picky. But I really don't know.
Patrick
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