Open PDF file on the fly from a Java application

Question

Is there any way to have a code that opens a PDF file in Java application in a platform independant way? I mean using a batch file in Windows could do that. Is there any oth

Answer 1

Use this to open pdf file using java

File file = new File(filepath);
    if (file.toString().endsWith(".pdf")) 
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + file);
    else {
        Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
        desktop.open(file);
}

This code is used to open your pdf and other files.