Skype hyperlinking in Acrobat Pro XI

Hello!
I try to hyperlinking a "Skype call" in a PDF file with Acrobat Pro! I read numerous sites about that...
I do not want to any skype button just a hyperlink to my phone number. So after somebody click on it Skype will launch and begin calling my phone number!
It works fine with MS Word, but in Acrobat I can not figure out what the problem is!
I tried Javascripts, hyperlinks, and did not find any solution!
Thank you

I developed a script that converts phone numbers in a PDF to Skype-links, so I have a bit of experience with how to do it. Basically you need to launch a URL using the "skype" protocol. With JS it will look something like this:
app.launchURL("skype:324234234?call");
Clicking a button that has this code associated with it will launch the browser, and then launch Skype and open the Dial dialog with the specified number.

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