How to open local file from Tide SDK app

Question

I am building an windows app using Tide SDK. How can I open a local file from my app. For example, I have a pdf file somewhere in my harddisk. I put the link to that file to my app. When I click on the link, I want it to open the pdf file using default programm associated with pdf type file.

If it is not possible then I have one more general question. Is it possible to access local file system by any app that built using html5 and javascript?

Answer 1

we can access local file system in tidesdk application.

See the following code.

var contents;      
var file= 'test.txt';      
var Dir = Ti.Filesystem.getUserDirectory();        
var readfi= Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Dir, file);      
if (readfi.exists())
{     
   var Stream = Ti.Filesystem.getFileStream(readFi);    
   Stream.open(Ti.Filesystem.MODE_READ);     
   contents =Stream.read();  
   alert( contents );  
   Stream.close();    
} 

The above code will read the text file and alert the content. Visit here to know tidesdk file system.

Following code will open the given URL in default browser.

Ti.Platform.openURL('http://stackoverflow.com');

Following code will Open the given application or file in the system's default program.

Ti.Platform.openApplication('C:/Documents and Settings/Thavamani00/Desktop/readme.txt');
Ti.Platform.openApplication('C:/Documents and Settings/Thavamani00/Desktop/cart15.png');

The above code displays the text file in notepad and displays the image in mircosoft picture manager.

it works well for me.i hope its your required answer.