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Sejanus
Sejanus

Reputation: 3323

Opening file from Java

What I need is to instruct OS to open the file with the default program used for that file type. Exactly as if, i.e., that file was double-clicked by user under Windows.

The purpose is, i.e., "your PDF file was generated. Click here to open it".

In platform-independent way, if possible...

I dont know exact terms for what I want, so if someone could update tags, I'd most appreciate that ;)

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1205

Answers (2)

Michael Borgwardt
Michael Borgwardt

Reputation: 346327

Since Java 6, we have Desktop.open() for exactly that purpose.

Upvotes: 4

Brian Agnew
Brian Agnew

Reputation: 272307

You need the Desktop class, and the open() method in particular.

Launches the associated application to open the file. If the specified file is a directory, the file manager of the current platform is launched to open it.

Upvotes: 7

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