PDF javascript submitForm/getURL POST

I'm trying to do a POST HTML request to a web server and display the results in the browser (ideally in a separate tab/window).
Basically, if the adobe reader is running inside a browser, then this works (although the contents are not displayed in a new window);
        var aSubmitFields = new Array('f1', 'f2');
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                cURL: 'http://someaddress/serversidestuff.pl',
                aFields: aSubmitFields,
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                cCharset: 'utf-8'
However, if the document is viewed inside a adobe reader without any web browser, then this doesn't
work. The number of fields I'd like to use is fairly large (total about 3-6K) making this unsuitable for GET.
Any recommendations on how to get this working?
Another approach that would work for me is basically generating a HTML document via javascript in the pdf doc, and
then opening this generated html with a browser (without any GET/POST) if this could be automated.
Somehow passing html content to the browser is my problem... Not sure if it is possible...

No, a link (GET) in a PDF document doesn't help. The target (link) needs about 4-6K of data (by HTTP POST) to be able to display. It is an Ajax control that needs arguments from the original PDF document. So, I can't convert the ajax control to a static document, it needs to be displayed on a browser.
To clarify, the data flow is like this;
1) original pdf document sends 4-5K data via HTTP POST (submitForm())
2) web server receives the data and responds with a custom constructed HTML with Ajax.
3) original pdf document receives this and it needs to display it on a browser, but submitForm doesn't work in a stand-alone running adobe reader.
In other words, if getURL() were able to use POST to submit about 4-6K data, everything would be working for me.

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