Problem in opening PDF or FDF in Firefox?

Hi all,
I am using tomcat 5.5. In one of jsp code, I have used a hyperlink to open a PDF or FDF file placed in server .My requirement is while clicking the hyperlink the PDF or FDF file should be opened in browser window itself. The file is located in remote server connected through LAN.
For eg :
<html>
<body>
<%
String test= "//123.45.6.78/XXXX/YYYY/RD/RDTEST-D-08-01178.fdf";
%>
<a href="<%=test%>" target="dynamic" >test.pdf</a>
</body>
</html>When this jsp page is opened in IE and if I click on the link, PDF or FDF files is getting opened well in browser.
While clicking the link in Firefox browser, the path set in anchor tag is changed to
http://localhost:8080/ManuscriptCheck/\\123.45.6.78\XXXX/YYYY/RD\RDTEST-D-08-01178.fdf
Where http://localhost:8080/ManuscriptCheck/ is my Web application URL.
How to overcome this issue to have the file url as such without web application url appending before it?
Can Any body guide me. Thanks in advance.

The right way for doing this is Create a Servlet that will read the pdf files from the remote server and stream the file contents through the HttpServletResponse. You can find an example here.
[http://balusc.blogspot.com/2007/07/fileservlet.html|http://balusc.blogspot.com/2007/07/fileservlet.html]
The client browser will no longer be in need to have access to a given remote server.

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