AIR application will open any ms-word or ms-excel files

[Lokh Prathab]

H Folks,

Can AIR application will open any ms-word or ms-excel files
using flex 3 file systems ?

Thanks

[Maxim Porges]

Not directly. You could use Merapi to execute a system command through
Java, and that could tell the OS to have MS Word open the file for you.

http://www.merapiproject.net/

- max

[Lokh Prathab]

Hi Maxim,

My requirement is , by using air application, Just I want to
open the .doc or .xls file in the appropriate package. Here
restriction on using other technologies, Any possibilities there to
fix by
using air .

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[Lokh Prathab]

HI Maxim,

Is it possible to open the doc or xls in appropriate packages
through air application.

[Maxim Porges]

What do you mean by "appropriate packages"?

- max

[Lokh Prathab]

Hi Maxim,

Here "appropriate packages" mean MS-WORD & MS-EXCEL .


Thanks

Lokh

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[Maxim Porges]

Ah OK, now I understand.

Basically, what you will need to do is figure out the command for
opening the Word or Excel file from the command line in Windows. Once
you have that, you can use Runtime.exec() (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html#exec(java.lang.String)
) in Java to issue that command to the OS.

Once that is working, you need to use Merapi to run the Java code
with the call to Runtime.exec() on the local machine, and allow your
AIR app to call Merapi. Merapi will then hand your AIR call off to the
Java code, the Java code will call Runtime.exec(), and your command
will be issued to the OS as if it had come from the command line.

- max

[Adam Flater]

Hey guys.. if you're using Merapi systemExecute() is a built-in top
level function on the Flex side. So, for Windows you'd execute
something like "start file.doc".. it's not quite that simple, but you
can Google around a bit for the syntax.

[Maxim Porges]

Thanks Adam, that is good to know.

- max