Open CHM file

hi2all
I want to open .chm file when i click on help menu. I had already tried
Runtime.getRuntime().load("C:/html/help.chm");
but this throw an exception that "C:/html/help.chm" is not a win32 application.

If you are using java 1.6, use can simply use it's new desktop integration to open any file with an associated application... If you are using older java, download and use jdic library...
it's
desktop.open(file);
where desktop is a java.awt.Desktop (or org.jdesktop.jdic.desktop.Desktop) object... that simple... :)
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I hope this isn't indicative of MS's patch quality continuing to take a nosedive.
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