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On Thu, 3 May 2001 16:06:27 +0200, Erwin Olaerts wrote:

> Is it possible to get the default program of a Windows
> environment for a certain file-type ???
> 
> For example: I want to know what (and where) the default
> application for opening PDF-files is on a certain system.
> Lets say it's Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and the exe to run
> is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
> Is it possible to retrieve this information in Java ???
> And how do I do this???

As far as I know, there is no easy way to determine the application 
associated with a file type without resorting to native code.

But this will probably do what you want.  Of course, this is Windows 
only:

   Runtime.getRuntime().exec( new String[] { "rundll32",
      "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", fileName } );

This should launch the application associated with the specified file.

-- 
Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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