Veiwing a PDf using Activex Direct to stage

I'm new to Director, and to the scripting side especially. I have managed to complete all of my project except for when I get to a point I need to be able to have the users click on a button and have a PDF load in the PDF's Activex sprite. This is the code I have attached to the button:
on mouseup
sprite(17).src = the moviePath &"OSME.pdf"
end
When they click on the button, nothing happens, any ideas on why this wouldnt be loading?
Thanks!
Tim

You shouldn't have to do anything with the AX sprite to make it work (assuming it implements a src property). I assume you have a copy of Buddy API for your platform already - if not, grab it from here. To install it you need to place it in the folder named Xtras inside the folder your authoring application is installed. You must be on Windows to be running AX controls, so you should put it in the 'Adobe Director 11\Configuration\Xtras\Scripting\' folder. Restart Director and the xtra should be available. To test that it's installed properly you could check the Scripting Xtras drop-down list in either your message window or a script window (it's the menu with an xtra icon) - you should see an entry for BudAPI.
Now alter your script like so:
on mouseUp
tPath = the moviePath & "OSME.pdf"
if baFileExists(tPath) then
sprite(17).src = tPath
else
alert "File not found:" && tPath
end if
end
Sorry, I can't seem to view your attachment - how do I access it?

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