Re: Is It Possible to Make Java Find a File on Your Computer?
blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
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When I specified 'open' for that '.XLS', OpenOffice
was invoked, but it dropped the content into the
'Writer' (text editor), rather than 'Calc' (spreadsheet).
Nitpick: I'd call OO Writer a word processor rather than a text
editor, since it seems more like MS Word than, say, Notepad. No?
True. You are correct. Poor choice of phrase on my part.
And in regard to the "Skit's Law" surmise.. It was more an
expectation of the imminent application of Murphy's law - if
I was about to make comments about use of English, my
expectation was that in short course, I would make a
spectacular, public and noteworthy misuse of that very
language. "Cover my ass in advance".
But.. (now that Wikipedia page finally came up) yep!
That's it, in a nutshell! I had not realised the specialised*
form of it existed. ;-)
* And for those who want to whine about the 'z' you
expect to see in that word. Go for it, & watch me not
care..
--
Andrew Thompson
http://www.athompson.info/andrew/
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