# Button and Adobe Pdf

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-and-adobe-pdf/5010>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-and-adobe-pdf/5010 "2012-08-15T18:06:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mrjpp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@mrjpp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrjpp1)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-and-adobe-pdf/5010/1 "2012-08-15T18:06:41Z")

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I’m trying to utilize a button to open a pdf file in adobe. It seems to work fine locally but when I try to open the file via the network it just bombs … any sugestions…

This is the UNC naming path I would like to use…  
\ignitioncage\F\F Drive Share\marshalls2.pdf

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/a/a33b899f10006a420e57ac6fdc8407f921e2bf8e.jpg)  
  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9ec05a3820c5fe2da462f3ac177a6a1f4081f21a.jpg)

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**Author:** ![dave.fogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dave.fogle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dave.fogle)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-and-adobe-pdf/5010/2 "2012-08-15T18:20:19Z")

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Is the drive where the pdf is located a mapped drive? If so, change it so the pdf file is located somewhere on the network that has open access permissions and a physical path that can be reached from the server and the Ignition clients.

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**Author:** ![mrjpp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@mrjpp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrjpp1)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-and-adobe-pdf/5010/3 "2012-08-15T18:45:04Z")

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Dave,  
I think you are on to something here. We are running Windows Server 2008 and though I have given everyone access to that drive it still seems to not work. When I put the pdf file on the root  
(c:\marshalls2.pdf ) it seems to work fine. Definitely a permissions issue…