Using Runtime.exec not opening my xls file

Question

HAve this piece of code that opens the files:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]
                      {"rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler",
                       file.getAbsolutePath()});

where I have passed the file.. It's strange that its not opening some of the auto generated files in xlsx, where as it's able to open other xlsx files. Unable to debug/find a solution, Pls help

Which auto generated files? What xslx? – Uwe Allner Apr 24 '15 at 10:48 — Uwe Allner, Apr 24 '15 at 10:48
Might be the path contains blanks? – SubOptimal Apr 24 '15 at 10:49 — SubOptimal, Apr 24 '15 at 10:49

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 25 '15 at 05:39

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You can try the following:

try {
    Desktop.getDesktop().open(new File("F:\\folder\\data\\file.xlsx"));
} catch (IOException e) {e.printStackTrace();}

edited Apr 25 '15 at 05:39

Andrew Thompson

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answered Apr 24 '15 at 10:50

yogesh

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*"You can try the following:"* Which is a lot more likely to actually work, especially on *nix and OS X. – Andrew Thompson Apr 25 '15 at 05:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '15 at 10:44

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Instead of reading xls using DLL methodology, you can use the new Apache API to open and access all the excel file data.

Please check the folllowing link for more details: https://poi.apache.org/

answered Apr 24 '15 at 10:44

Bharat

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Using Runtime.exec not opening my xls file

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