You'll receive the FileObject in the ActionListener's constructor. Just put it there and NetBeans will provide it. From the FileObject you can get the File via FiltUtil.getFile(FileObject) or you can use the FileObject directly and use UrlDisplayer to display it.
Gj On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 12:37 PM Peter Rushforth <peter.rushfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I successfully followed the tutorial on how to create a new file type over > here: https://netbeans.apache.org/tutorials/nbm-filetype.html > > I created the stub Action listener/handler. The action I would like to > code up is to run/view the new file in a browser, just like you can do with > an html file with its "Run File Shift+F6" right-click menu item. > > I was looking for the code that implements that action, or some other clue > as to how to go about it. > > Thanks for any pointers! > > Peter >
