Fwd: HostServices on Linux Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[Stefan Fuchs]

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.88 at 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.88 at 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" <john2011uk at 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
>>>