adobe air - Is there anyway to get OS open a file, their native applications?

Question

In adobe air, is there anyway to get OS open a file, in their native applications?

What about in Flex 4?

Answer 1

You might want to checkout StackOverflow Question 265265 - Can Adobe AIR applications execute processes on the local client machine?

Answer 2

In AIR 1.5 there isn't any way to do it. But stay tuned ;)

=Ryan [email protected]

Answer 3

You may be able to use something like this:

var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath('Yodl_RBI.ppt.zip');
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(file.url));

It will normally open the asset in a browser window though, but for images and stuff that kind of works.

However if you point it to a folder it will typically open the folder containing the item, which is half way there...