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open a pdf file located inside a jar file.

 
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Hello,

I packed my swing application into an executable jar file.

I had a button that will open a pdf file located in a resources folder located in the root directory of the jar file.

the code I have in the jar file was



when executing the jar file. I click the button that is supposed to launch the pdf file. i get the following exception

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: the file file:\c:\Desktop.jar!\resources\User_Guide.pdf doesn't exist.

any help?

the spelling of the file name is correct

 
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I also tried to put the file in a server and just use:

File file = new File ( new URL("http://...............").getPath()).

but did not also work.

it says file does not exist.
 
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You can't do this the easy way; all you can get is an InputStream to the resource.

So, create a temporary file, write the PDF resource to it, and open that:
 
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