Fwd: HostServices on Linux Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[John Maton]

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 <snfuchs at 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.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
>>>>
>>>>
>