My Java Swing application generates an HTML file, and I want to open it with the default browser when it is generated and saved. How can I do this?
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If you are using Java 6, use Desktop.open(). It allows you to open any file with the default application associated with its file type on the system.
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Carnell
Just remember the edge case when using this. For example a web developer probably has some sort of editor/ide set as their default app to open html files. Might need to dig a little deeper if developers are part of your main users.
Andrew Thompson
Dektop.open(File)/Desktop.edit(File) & Desktop.browse(URI) might open in Dreamweaver & FF respectively. It would be better to use Desktop.browse(URI) in this case.
If you're not using Java 6 (or not sure your users will) - you can use Bare Bones Browser Launcher to launch the default browser. It uses Java 6 Desktop.open() if available, and falls back to platform specific approaches if it's not.
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Check this page, this can give you a much more detailed usage of the Desktop API.
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You can try this:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("hh.exe index.chm");
