PDF not opening

Question

I am invoking a pdf by using

Desktop.getDesktop().open(new File(pdffilename));

The pdf is opening fine in my machine in which I have Adobe Acrobat 9 pro installed. But its not opening in another machine which has Adobe Acrobat version 10.1.2 .

When I open the pdf it displays the error message

java.io.IOException: Failed to open file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/TheatreAudi t/data/AE%20wording.pdf. Error message: Unspecified error

  at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopPeer.ShellExecute(WDesktopPeer.java:59) at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopPeer.open(WDesktopPeer.java:36) at java.awt.Desktop.open(Desktop.java:254) at uk.co.healthiq.MainFrame.linkAEActionPerformed(MainFrame.java:259) at uk.co.healthiq.MainFrame$8.actionPerformed(MainFrame.java:214) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995) 

Could someone please help me with this. Thanks.

Answer 1

The path seems incorrect. Try introducing a variable for your file first, then check if that file exists:

File pdfFile = new File(pdffilename);
if (!pdfFile.exists()) {
    throw new IOException("...");
}
Desktop.getDesktop().open(pdfFile);

It seems to me you are passing something like "/C:/...". Try removing the first slash, and if that doesn't help try using windows like backslashes (remember you have to quote these in code).