Invoking Windows apps from file type

[Ike]

Oh this is a Windows-specific question I need to solve in Java. Assuming one
has MS Word on their system, how can I invoke word to come up with a given
document, when all I know is the document name, and that fact that if the
person were to double click the document name in Windows, it would invoke
Word with that document?

Thanks, Ike

 

[Sandip Chitale]

Does something like:

try {
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start c:\\resume.doc");
p.waitFor();
} catch (Throwable e) {
}

work for you?

HTH
sandip