Opening a file with system default application

[tactics40]

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]

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

import os

os.system('mytextfile.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]

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

import os

os.system('mytextfile.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

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]

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]

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

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

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

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

import os

os.system('mytextfile.txt')

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

That also pops up a command shell window, which may not be
desirable. On Windows, there is

os.startfile("someknown.type")

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[Cameron Laird]

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

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HOWEVER this is just the question Portland <URL:
http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ > is designed
to answer. If you can wait a few weeks, I'll publish
an article focused almost exactly on the topic at
hand.

 

[BartlebyScrivener]

That also pops up a command shell window, which may not be
Ack. You're right. I get them mixed up. And os.startfile is Windows
only.

Sorry.

rd