openWithDefaultApplication fails on files in application folder

Question

I\'ll ONLY recieve an \"Error #3000: Illegal path name\" if I try to open a file which is placed inside the app-folder of the air. If the file is somewhere else outside of t

Answer 1

After reading the document a few times i saw that this is not possible (it's not a bug, it's a feature!?!)

Opening files with the default system application

You cannot use the openWithDefaultApplication() method with files located in the application directory.

So I do this instead:

file.copyTo(tempFile);
tempFile.openWithDefaultApplication();

Not so nice, but it works.