Use navigateToURL to open a local pdf...

Question

I have a problem with the following code. I have been searching since yesterday for solutions to open pdfs in a browser window from within flash. I've found various forum posts about using navigateToURL and it looks like people have success. It seems very simple to do, but everytime I try to open the pdf file, i get a 404 error in the browser, which is going to this link:
http://file.pdf (which obviously does not exist)
My pdf file is sitting inside the same folder as the swf that's trying to launch it. Is there a way to use navigateToURL and specify that the file is local? Else, is there another way to open a pdf file from within a folder? Or am I just an idiot and am missing something very obvious?
Thanks for any help,
Chipleh
Code:
myBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, openPDF);
function openPDF(event:MouseEvent):void{
var url:String = "file.pdf";
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
  navigateToURL(myRequest, '_blank');
catch (e:Error) {
  trace("Error occurred!");

Answer 1

Hakan KIRIK wrote: "Have you tried Windows Projector (from publish settings) ?"
Sweeeeet! That works great Hakan, we can certainly use the Flash Projector.
One more solution I just came up with through googler(in case anyone is interested)
-  Create a .bat file and call it from  fscommand:
In Flash:
function openPdf(event:MouseEvent):void{
fscommand("exec", "openPdf.bat");
In your fscommand folder:
Create a .bat file called openPdf.bat with the following contents:
@echo off
file.pdf
exit
For this solution to work, name your pdf 'file.pdf', or change the name in the bat file and place the pdf in your fscommand folder as well.
However, it's alot more work than just calling the navigateToURL funtion, but if you don't want to use a web browser to display your pdf, then the bat file method will work.
Thanks for the solution Hakan, much appreciation,
~Chipleh