Opening a file in its native application from Flex.

Question

Is it possible to open a file on whatever native application the user runs it as?  Or even, at that, to simply open the directory it's in, in an explorer window?
We have a search application and the frontend is in Flex, and I'm trying to find a way to do this, such that when a use double clicks on a result (in a datagrid - but that's trivial), it opens the file or at least the location of the file on the OS.
Any system call where I can say system("explorer.exe " + filepath); or something?
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Dear BillBlalock ,
thank you for answer!! You are very kind and helpful!! I would like to inform everybody that I have finally find another way of soilving my problem and I announce it to the forum in case somebody else encounters the same problem. Well, I soved the nproblem by using the following code:
    excelButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
         String filePath = "\""+saveFileName.toString()+"\"";
         System.out.println(""+filePath);
         try
           String cmd="explorer "+filePath;
           Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
         }catch(IOException ec){}
     });I hope it can be useful to somebody!! By this code, I can make a button (in my case the excelButton) to open any file in its default application. Keep up the great work you are doing guys!!