Letting MS Windows start up the application registered with a particular file type

[Jos Tusveld]

Is there a way to toss a filename to MS Windows (from a Java application),
invoking Windows to open the application registered with the particular file
type (e.g. MS Word for a .doc file, the default browser for a .html file,
...) with the particular file opnened?

Invoking a particular Windows application with Runtime.exec() is no problem,
but I cannot assume the filetype nor which application to use (and where
it is located) known.

[Paul Clapham]

This has nothing to do with Java, but you can use the Windows/DOS "Start"
command. For example, "Start x22.xls" will launch the application
associated with x22.xls.

PC2

Jos Tusveld <jos.tusveld@nl.origin-it.com> wrote in message
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>
> Is there a way to toss a filename to MS Windows (from a Java application),
> invoking Windows to open the application registered with the particular
file
> type (e.g. MS Word for a .doc file, the default browser for a .html file,
> ..) with the particular file opnened?
>
> Invoking a particular Windows application with Runtime.exec() is no
problem,
> but I cannot assume the filetype nor which application to use (and where
> it is located) known.