Open File /w Native Application

[bpetty]

I guess I don't understand how QDesktopServices accomplishes this.
It appears to be a web oriented thing... all I want is to open a file, like test.txt, in notepad under windows or kate under linux... if that is their native viewer.

or open a .pdf in what ever they have set to open .pdf's. I dont see how this is accomplished with the URL system QDesktopServices uses.

Does anyone have an example of how to open a file /w the native "viewer" using QDesktopServices? Maybe I just don't see it.

Thanks,
Brandon P.

[jpn]

I guess I don't understand how QDesktopServices accomplishes this.
It appears to be a web oriented thing... all I want is to open a file, like test.txt, in notepad under windows or kate under linux... if that is their native viewer.

or open a .pdf in what ever they have set to open .pdf's. I dont see how this is accomplished with the URL system QDesktopServices uses.

Does anyone have an example of how to open a file /w the native "viewer" using QDesktopServices? Maybe I just don't see it.

Something pretty much the same was just recently discussed in this thread. See especially post #6 by wysota (there's an example for you).