i want to open a .pdf file in a blank browser window using a button in my fl
ash
movie.  the .pdf sits in the same directory as the .swf.  so i put a script 
on
the button like so

on (release){
getURL("myfile.pdf", "_blank);
}

what happens when you click on the button is this.  a new browser window ope
ns
with the name and path of the .pdf file in it, but the pdf doesn't open.  i
tested it out on the local machine and on the web server, but the same thing
happened on both.  i know i've got the path and the filename correct.  i can
also view the .pdf by double clicking the file on my local machine, so the
file's not corrupt or anything.

am i just using the wrong method to open this kind of file?

cheers,
macron