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Hi,

I got a small problem trying to let kde automatically select the correct application for a given file.

The programm starter of kdesktop (alt+f2) actually does almost do what I want: I can just enter a file url, e.g. a PDF file, and kde automatically opens the file with configured application, in my example acroread.

But actually I want to do this programmatically: I use the java mind mapping tool freemind, where you can link a url to any node. A globaly configured application is then used to open the link, which works fine to view html pages, e.g. with konqueror. But I also want to open the files directly without konqueror, e.g. open office files with open office.

No I wonder if there is some general launcher application available for this task, or maybe some dcop command using kdesktop's functionality?

Thanks in advance,

Michael

Hello m4ktub,

thank you, that's exactly what I've been looking for!

Cheers, Michael