Linking to local PDFs and files from Flash exe (on CD Rom)

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Hi,

I’m creating a flash movie which will be published as an exe - it’s to be burnt onto a CD Rom. I need to link to word documents and PDFs from this flash file.

Currently, my button action looks like this:

myButton_mc.onRelease = function(){
getURL("\files est.html", “_blank”)
};

this opens the browser, but the url comes up with the letters all muddled at the end:

file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Ponch/My%20Documents/DESIGN/Clients/90ten/DESIGN/filesest.pdf

you can see that instead of using “\files est.html” as the path, it’s changed to “filesest.pdf”.

Any ideas what is going wrong?

I’ve also tried (with forward slashes):
pdfNav2Link1_mc.onRelease = function(){
getURL("/files/test.html", “_blank”)
};

and (not specifying a window):
[INDENT]pdfNav2Link1_mc.onRelease = function(){
[/INDENT] getURL("/files/test.html")
};

and (adding to dots and to backward slashes before the URL):
pdfNav2Link1_mc.onRelease = function(){
getURL("…\files est.pdf", “_blank”)
};

Any help greatly appreciated.

Ponch