Display.getInstance().execute(file) on PC in Simulator does not work

[Mark Bolduc]

If you are experiencing an issue please mention the full platform your issue applies to:
IDE: NetBeans/Eclipse/IDEA Netbeans 11
Desktop OS Windows 10 Pro
Simulator Latest
Device PC In Simulator

Note this did work before (poss several months ago)

Display.getInstance().execute(pdf file) on PC in Simulator does not open files. (pdf,lpg, etc.)

This example is PDF.

File path:  A3MpiPhotosDir + fileName = [file://home/A3-TECH/MpiPhotos/SuggestedInventory_2020_01_10_11_57_33.pdf]

            Display.getInstance().execute(A3MpiPhotosDir + fileName, e -> {
                MyLog.p("viewImageFromDisk: image length = " + image.length + " fileName = [" + fileName + "]");
            });

Works as expected on devices.

Thoughts?

Regards

[Shai Almog]

I'm assuming there's nothing printed out to the console?

Did you update the OS/JVM?

We use the Java "Desktop" API to invoke these URLs. These APIs are pretty flaky e.g. they don't work on Linux but unfortunately there's nothing else we can use.

[Mark Bolduc]

Understood.

Thanks.