Stefan I confirm that works for me on all platforms, Windows/Mac/Ubuntu, thanks again (for the record HostServices does not work on Ubuntu 10.4). Regards, John Maton
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Stefan Fuchs <snfu...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi, > > this works for us on all platforms, including Ubuntu 14.04 > > // Desktop methods must be executed on the Swing Event Thread > SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> { > Desktop.getDesktop().open(pdfFile); > }); > > Regards, > > Stefan > > To: Rahman USTA <rahman.usta...@gmail.com> >> >> >> My problem is getHostServices().showDocument does nothing at all in Ubuntu >> 10.4 >> >> Have you tried using Desktop? >> as in >> if(Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) Desktop.getDesktop().open(docFile); >> >> That also works for me on Windows and Mac but causes a system crash in >> Ubuntu so I am no better off. >> Regards >> John Maton >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Rahman USTA <rahman.usta...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I have similar issue. When using host services to show document in >>> directory services, in Linux environment it shows documents in Web >>> browser, >>> not in directory service. >>> >>> Thanks >>> 26 Eyl 2015 11:47 tarihinde "John Maton" <john201...@gmail.com> yazdı: >>> >>> Good morning all, >>> >>>> I am using getHostServices().showDocument to display documents, such as >>>> .pdf files. >>>> This works find on all versions of Windows I have tested and on Apple >>>> Macs, >>>> but I have a test user running Linux Ubuntu 14.04 trusty where it does >>>> not >>>> work (does nothing). >>>> Is there some library/resource which must be installed on Ubuntu to make >>>> HostServices work? >>>> thanks in advance for any comments, >>>> John Maton >>>> >>>> >