Java Desktop.open(File file)

Syntax

Desktop.open(File file) has the following syntax.

public void open(File file)  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use Desktop.open(File file) method.


/* w w w . j  a  v a  2 s  .c o  m*/
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    try {
      Desktop desktop = null;
      if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
        desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
      }

       desktop.open(new File("c:\\a.txt"));
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
      ioe.printStackTrace();
    }

  }
}