Question : How do I decode and launch files with non-Latin-encoded fileNames using JAVA?

I can open several files with non-Latin chars and view them in Windows Vista PictureViewer, Windows Vista Quicktime Player, and Mac OS X Preview. For example, test files with fileNames like this:

£¢∞†¥¥¶¶.gif
ÅÆÖÔ1.jpg
¿¿¿attachment.gif
¿¿¿attachment.txt
ÔÆÃbmp 1.BMP

But trying to open these in a custom JAVA application I am writing fails.

I tried converting the fileName string to Base64, Unicode, UTF-8, but nothing works. Perhaps I just don't know how to convert the fileName string properly.

At any rate, using the code sample with standard encoding, I get the message:
I"OException occurred in ExampleApp.openFile(): Cannot run program "open": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified"

Appreciate any code snippet that would demonstrate a solution. Thanks!

 
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public static boolean openFile (File file) {
   Process process = null;
   try {
      String[] cmd = {"open",file.getAbsolutePath()};
      process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

   } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println(
      "IOException occurred in ExampleApp.openFile(): " + 
       e.getMessage());		}
   }
}

Answer : How do I decode and launch files with non-Latin-encoded fileNames using JAVA?

Cook,
TEXT function cannot take [Red] as part of the format string.

But you could use [Red] in the middle of a Custom format string like one of:
"Fund balance =        "$#,##0.00;[Red]"Fund balance =        "($#,##0)               Adds a specified number (8) of spaces between Fund balance and the number
"Fund balance ="* $#,##0.00;[Red]"Fund balance ="* ($#,##0)                         Puts Fund balance = on the left and the value on the far right of the cell
"Fund balance ="* $#,##0.00_);[Red]"Fund balance ="* ($#,##0)_._0_0          As above, but lines the dollar amounts up at the decimal point

The result of all of the above format strings is a value that is either all black (positive number) or all red including text (negative number). You would then use a formula like the following to populate the cell:
='Balance(C004)'!P20

Brad
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