# How do I open pdf file from flash?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 28, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-open-pdf-file-from-flash/77577 "2005-01-28T10:29:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![sheena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sheena](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sheena)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-open-pdf-file-from-flash/77577/1 "2005-01-28T10:29:08Z")

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I need to be able to open a number of pdf files held in an external folder called ‘PDF’ via a button in flash, I’ve tried getURL and it doesn’t work …any ideas? Thank you 🙂