How to Open PDF file in Java Swings

[gaya3]

Hi All,
I am very much new to java Swings I need to open the PDF file from Swings application..
I tried as follows...

Runtime r= Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = r.exec("C:/Program Files/Adobe/Reader 8.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe Test.Pdf");


it got work.. But is ter any other solution.. because am hard coding the path of the exe file in the above code....
pl help me out ASAP...

[jkmyoung]

1. Use the registry class to determine what file is used to open a .pdf file.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\OpenWithList
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\OpenWithProgids

You could then handle the case where the user does not have .pdf reader installed, by directing them to FoxIt's website, or some other .pdf reader site.

2.You could pass the name of the exe file in as a String variable. eg get it from your String[] args.

[gaya3]

Thanks. Could you please brief your first solution.. And any other solutions.

[pbrockway2]

java.awt.Desktop has an open() method.

[gaya3]

Thanks.. but Desktop api are supported only fron java 1.6 rt?.. i need to implement the above functionality in java 1.5 version

[gaya3]

How to open the existing PDF file using iText

[jkmyoung]

Open up regedit and go to those registry entries. They should show what program you use to open .pdf files by default.

Once you get the program command line, you can simply send that to the Process to exec.

[gaya3]

Hi ,
I tried as follows

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://www.google.com");

am able to open the google page.. where as when i tried to open a pdf file .. it is not able to do so..

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler C:/pdf/test.pdf");


Do any one faced this issue? Please help me out.

[jkmyoung]

You're using url.dll to open a non-url.

[gaya3]

can you please suggest some solution for opening non-url?

[jkmyoung]

Registry method: There won't be a standard answer for all types, unless you use the registry method. Even then you still have the problem of 'What if there is no designated program to open files of this type?'

If you know for sure what type of files you will be dealing with, you may be able to find a particular dll that works with it.

You could also probably go
r.exec("C:/pdf/test.pdf");
and let your computer deal with it.

[dvswapnil]

try {
 
                        if ((new File("c:\\OFFER_LETTER_1.pdf")).exists()) {
 
                            Process p = Runtime
                                    .getRuntime()
                                    .exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler c:\\OFFER_LETTER_1.pdf");
                            p.waitFor();
 
                        } else {
 
                            System.out.println("File is not exists");
 
                        }
 
                        System.out.println("Done");
 
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        ex.printStackTrace();
                    }