Using the system default setting to open a file : Desktop « Development « Java Tutorial






import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Test {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    try {
      Desktop desktop = null;
      if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
        desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
      }

       desktop.open(new File("c:\\a.txt"));
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
      ioe.printStackTrace();
    }

  }
}








6.39.Desktop
6.39.1.Using the Desktop class to launch a URL with default browser
6.39.2.Invoke the default editor to edit a file
6.39.3.Using the system default setting to open a file
6.39.4.Open a office word file with Java
6.39.5.Using system default printer to print a file out
6.39.6.Send out email
6.39.7.Open Mail client
6.39.8.Desktop Help Applications