[plz help!] XML menu items calling functions for fscommand woes

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Hello friends,

I’m building a CDRom based projector/interactive to be loaded on a Windows PC. I’m using an XML driven menu that has several items that are intended to link to (and open) PDFs. Unfortunately, when I test the projector, the PDFs do not open at all.

Here’s my code:

XML:

<item title="Download PDF 1" function = "pdf1()" /></item>

<item title="Download PDF 2" function = "pdf2()" /></item>

<item title="Download PDF 3" function = "pdf3()" /></item>

AS2:

stop();
function pdf1(){ 
     fscommand("exec","pdf1.bat");
} 

function pdf2(){ 
     fscommand("exec","pdf2.bat");
} 

function pdf3(){ 
     fscommand("exec","pdf3.bat");
}

.bat:

start ../content/pdfs/whatever_PDF_name.pdf

Can anyone tell me what I should do to get this to work, or what I am doing wrong? This is a slightly urgent problem that requires my immediate attention. I’m really stuck and frustrated and would appreciate all the help you can lend.

Thank you,

-g