In Windows simply using:
start anyfile.pdf
will open the associated viewer for PDF files.
I have no idea for Linux and MacOS.
Maybe Java itself have something to abstract OS differencies...???
Bye
Paolo Rizzi
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> Sunburned Surveyor
> Inviato: martedì 18 settembre 2007 2.18
> A: List for discussion of JPP development and use.
> Oggetto: [JPP-Devel] Using PDF Files As Embedded Help
>
>
> I decided that I would try Peppe's idea of using PDF files as embedded
> help in OpenJUMP.
>
> I'm going to have a "help" button in some of the dialogs in my Super
> Select Tool. The button will open a designated PDF file using a PDF
> viewer/reader.
>
> I would like to know if we can use a common variable to store the
> location of the PDF file the user would like to use to view the help
> files. I can set this up for just my plug-in, but then we might get a
> situation where the user is specifying his PDF viewer for everyone's
> plug-in, and that would stink.
>
> I was thinking that we could use a text file with the path to the PDF
> viewer, or that we might have an entry in the Registry.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Is there a way to use the Java runtime to dynamically determine which
> program should be executed for a specific file type? (That would be
> too cool!)
>
> The Sunburned Surveyor
>
> P.S. - I'm going to try to use ProcessBuilder to fire up the PDF
> viewer with the correct help file. I've got the command down using the
> Microsoft Windows terminal, so I think ProcessBuilder will do the
> trick for me.
>
> If others will use this system to present embedded help I will try to
> wrap my code in a simple API that everyone can use.
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