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 code to open a specific file:

String cmds[] = new String[] {"cmd", "/c", "C:\\Users\\PC\\Desktop\\EA01.pdf"};
try {
    Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmds);
}