Web.Show_Document and Shared Directories

Hello,
I want to use web.show_document to access a shared folder on a machine.
Whenever I issues the web.show_document to \\workstation\folder\ the browser appends \\workstation\folder\ to the end of the application server URL (eg: http://appserver/servlet///workstation/folder/). Is there any way around this problem?
Thanks,
Jayesh Kavia

web.show_document('file://c:\word\martin.doc','_SELF');
//Martin

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