How do I edit a file using the default registered application?
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For editing a file using the default registered or associated application we can do a call to the Desktop.edit(File file) method. On the code below we will edit a PNG file, this call will execute registered program such as the Windows Paint or GIMP on Linux operating system.
package org.kodejava.example.awt;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class RunningDefaultAppEdit {
public static void main(String[] args) {
File file = new File("logo.png");
try {
//
// Edit a file using the default program for the
// file type. In the example we will launch a
// default registered program to edit a PNG image.
//
Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
desktop.edit(file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}