# At a loss, dont know what to do. PDFs/SWFs?loadMovie..ect

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 12, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/at-a-loss-dont-know-what-to-do-pdfs-swfs-loadmovie-ect/212661 "2007-01-12T21:35:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/at-a-loss-dont-know-what-to-do-pdfs-swfs-loadmovie-ect/212661/1 "2007-01-12T21:35:09Z")

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after a helpful hint from another user, i put all of the PDFs into flash paper which converted them to swfs. I thought having swfs instead of PDFs would work better. But i was wrong. i still dont know what to do.

all i need if for the buttons on my project to link to either swfs(that can be printed) or pdf files (this project will be going on a cd-rom) . Ideally, b/c there are so many pdfs/swf, it would be easier if somehow when the user clicks the button it would open the pdf document in acrobat or something.

i have tried using loadMovie, but it loads it into the same window and then i cant get rid of it and go back, and also i cannot put all of the swfs into one big folder, b/c there are so many of them.  
I have tried getURL, but it says it cant find the file.

maybe i’m just doing it all wrong.

Please Help.