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IShellService cannot open file [message #1281092]

Mon, 31 March 2014 06:48

Eclipse User

Hi,

I generate docx documents and save them on disk. Then if I want to open that document from within my application with IShellService.shellOpen I get a window message "Can't find file 'path\filename.docx'".

I can open this file directly from windows explorer by a double click. I can open other .docx files. The path is correct. It is the same after closing and reopening my application, so nothing is kept in memory (even after restarting the computer.)

So what goes wrong with opening this file with IShellService.shellOpen ?

Regards Bertin

Re: IShellService cannot open file [message #1281119 is a reply to message #1281092]

Mon, 31 March 2014 07:39

Eclipse User

Are you really sure the file is where you think it is (Can Windows "Program Files" sandboxing mechanism be involved ?).

Have you tried with an other file path?
Is there any log/console output?

Re: IShellService cannot open file [message #1281167 is a reply to message #1281092]

Mon, 31 March 2014 09:07

Eclipse User

Hi, it works if I replace

 File outFile = new File(outFilePath);
 wordprocessingMLPackage.save(outFile);
 SERVICES.getService(IShellService.class).shellOpen(outFilePath);

 File outFile = new File(outFilePath);
 wordprocessingMLPackage.save(outFile);
 if (java.awt.Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
    java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().open(new File(outFilePath));
 }

Tested a lot and the only thing I can find now is that IShellService.shellOpen gives a message on genereated files. No log/console output.

Re: IShellService cannot open file [message #1283759 is a reply to message #1281092]

Thu, 03 April 2014 15:58

Eclipse User

Solved.

In some generated file names there were two spaces after each other e.g. 'My new file.docx' This was hardly visible on the screen. This file could not be opened with IShellService.shellOpen but it could be opened with java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().open.

After replacing the double space with a single one (at generation time) it works again.

Regards Bertin

PS normally there is no problem when opening a filename with two spaces in it, but it seems there is when it is generated by docx4j, did not investigate that any further.

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