Opening a file in Crystal Reports

Hello. When I try to open a file in Crystal Reports it gives me an error message "the parameter is incorrect". Please advise. Thanks.
Cindy

Hi everyone,
I wonder if someone could say me how I can open
(launch) PDF / Word / Crystal Reports files by a
Java application.
I thank you in advance.
RegardsLaunch them, as in their own respective applications (MS Word, Acrobat viewer, etc)?
By invoking Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command)
Where command is something like: "cmd.exe /c START " + documentName

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