如何确定从Java应用程序访问某些第三方程序和资源的方式？

Question

I'm trying to open a PDF file after I generate a report. I mean, the user logs in (it's a Swing-based app) and clicks to generate a report. Then, a PDF file is generated. I would like to launch the PDF reader at that moment. I could do something like exec("evince "+path_to_pdf_file) . It's just for Ubuntu, Windows would be more difficult. I'm thinking I need to explore the registry.

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

What you need is the method java.awt.Desktop#open

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.