Opening a file with system default application

[tactics40@gmail.com]

I'm writing a GUI application in Jython which takes a database text
file and performs some operations on the data, finally spitting out a
group of CSV files.

I generate a log file and several CSV files and I thought it would be
helpful if I could add a button the user could click on to
automatically launch the log file or the CSV output files using the
default text editor / spreadsheet editor on their system.

Does Python (or Java, since I'm using jython) have a clean cut way to
do this?

[BartlebyScrivener]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

don't know Jython, but in Python, I think you want:

import os

os.system('myte xtfile.txt')

Whatever file you reference should open in the application associated
with it. At least that's the way it works on Win XP

rd

[tac-tics]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

BartlebyScriven er wrote:[color=blue]
> don't know Jython, but in Python, I think you want:
>
> import os
>
> os.system('myte xtfile.txt')
>
> Whatever file you reference should open in the application associated
> with it. At least that's the way it works on Win XP
>
> rd[/color]

I didn't think about that. It would probably break like mad under *nix
that fine. This will solve my issue.

Thanks =-)

Even still, does anyone know if there is a more platform indepedent way
to do this?

[BartlebyScrivener]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

>> It would probably break like mad under *nix

I bet it would work the same way on linux or os x; it's the equivalent
of double-clicking on the file.

rd

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

In <1151081172.418 493.190730@i40g 2000cwc.googleg roups.com>,
BartlebyScriven er wrote:
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>>> It would probably break like mad under *nix[/color][/color]
>
> I bet it would work the same way on linux or os x; it's the equivalent
> of double-clicking on the file.[/color]

No it doesn't work. Double clicking is not an OS thing but a a GUI thing.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Cameron Laird]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

In article <pan.2006.06.23 .17.31.46.25174 0@gmx.net>,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666@gmx.net > wrote:[color=blue]
>In <1151081172.418 493.190730@i40g 2000cwc.googleg roups.com>,
>BartlebyScrive ner wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> It would probably break like mad under *nix[/color]
>>
>> I bet it would work the same way on linux or os x; it's the equivalent
>> of double-clicking on the file.[/color]
>
>No it doesn't work. Double clicking is not an OS thing but a a GUI thing.[/color]

[BartlebyScrivener]

Re: Opening a file with system default application

>>> That also pops up a command shell window, which may not be[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> desirable. On Windows, there is[/color][/color][/color]
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>>> os.startfile("s omeknown.type")[/color][/color][/color]

Ack. You're right. I get them mixed up. And os.startfile is Windows
only.

Sorry.

rd