Question

I am trying to open file in external editor from java, but when i run my source code, nothing happens. I am using JRE 1.6 and my opration system is Windows 7. Here is my source code:

Desktop desktop = null;
if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
  desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
}

 desktop.edit(new File("D:\\Document.rtf"));

Answer 1

The following should also work:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "cmd /C D:\\Document.rtf" );

or

    Runtime run = Runtime.getRuntime();
    String lcOSName = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
    boolean MAC_OS_X = lcOSName.startsWith("mac os x");
    if (MAC_OS_X) {
        run.exec("open " + file);
    } else {
        //run.exec("cmd.exe /c start " + file); //win NT, win2000
        run.exec("rundll32 url.dll, FileProtocolHandler " + path);
    }