Open PDF in local application from MVC

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I want to open a PDF from my mvc application however I don't just want it to open in a new tab. I need it to open in my company's Foxit PDF Editor.

I have been able to achieve something similar with word by using the below HTML below but I'm not sure how to modify this to my foxit application ?

<a href='ms-word:ofe|u|https://example.com/example.docx'>Edit</a>

There is a Foxit API however the license is expensive so this would be my preferred way.

What I have tried:

google, various modifications of the example code

<a href='foxitreader:http://example.pdf'>Edit</a>

Posted 5-Dec-22 6:41am

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Updated 5-Dec-22 8:32am

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Chris Copeland · Answer 1 · 2022-12-05T08:32:00

I don't think there's a way to force the file to open in a specific application outside of registering a custom URL protocol (ie. register foxitreader:// on the user's machine) or having a custom file extension (which the user could still choose to override in their operating system).

I'm not sure if mimicking a file's mime-type would work either.