Thread Subject: open the file

Hai,

    By using command ,i want to open a file i.e it may be
doc/text/pdf file in a seperate window from the matlab .
if any one knows that command can you help me.

thanks and regards,
pradeep kumar B

"pradeep kumar" <kumarprade@gmail.com> wrote in message
<flfbi1$69n$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hai,
>
> By using command ,i want to open a file i.e it may be
> doc/text/pdf file in a seperate window from the matlab .
> if any one knows that command can you help me.
>
> thanks and regards,
> pradeep kumar B

winopen

Anh Huy Phan
RIKEN - BSI

In article <flfcau$gr6$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Huy <phananhhuy@mathworks.com> wrote:
>"pradeep kumar" <kumarprade@gmail.com> wrote in message
><flfbi1$69n$1@fred.mathworks.com>...

>> By using command ,i want to open a file i.e it may be
>> doc/text/pdf file in a seperate window from the matlab .
>> if any one knows that command can you help me.

>winopen

As best I recall, winopen is not a matlab command, and as best
I recall, matlab does not provide any command with the
functionality requested. Possibly the functionality could be
achieved in Matlab by using the Java interface.

I seem to recall that winopen is an MS Windows command, which
on an MS Windows system would have to be invoked in Matlab by using
the matlab system() or dos() commands. We do not, however, have
any information available in the original question to suggest
that MS Windows is in use or that a system-specific solution was
being sought, so baring possible future clarification from the
original poster, we should restrict our provided solutions
to those which are portable to all platforms that Matlab is supported
on.
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"Walter Roberson" <roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote in message
news:flfi9u$rgq$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca...
> In article <flfcau$gr6$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
> Huy <phananhhuy@mathworks.com> wrote:
>>"pradeep kumar" <kumarprade@gmail.com> wrote in message
>><flfbi1$69n$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
>>> By using command ,i want to open a file i.e it may be
>>> doc/text/pdf file in a seperate window from the matlab .
>>> if any one knows that command can you help me.
>
>>winopen
>
> As best I recall, winopen is not a matlab command,

Nope.

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/winopen.html

> and as best
> I recall, matlab does not provide any command with the
> functionality requested. Possibly the functionality could be
> achieved in Matlab by using the Java interface.
>
> I seem to recall that winopen is an MS Windows command, which
> on an MS Windows system would have to be invoked in Matlab by using
> the matlab system() or dos() commands.

If you wanted to do this on Windows without using WINOPEN, you can just use
SYSTEM or DOS with the name of the file to be opened. Windows will, if the
extension of the file is one it has associated with a program, know what to
do with the file.

> We do not, however, have
> any information available in the original question to suggest
> that MS Windows is in use or that a system-specific solution was
> being sought, so baring possible future clarification from the
> original poster, we should restrict our provided solutions
> to those which are portable to all platforms that Matlab is supported
> on.

In the absence of any platform information from the OP, my response would
be:

If you're using Windows, try WINOPEN. If you're not, the answer will depend
on what system you're on and what programs you have available. In the
general case, you'll need to use SYSTEM; if there's a specific file type
you're working with, let us know and we'll suggest a solution for that type
if one exists.

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Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com