[Tkinter-discuss] how to open a file using tkinter

[Fredrik Lundh]

brindly sujith wrote:

> i am using TKINTER to create GUI application
> 
> i want to know how to open a word document in open office or any other 
> application

that's more of a Python question than a Tkinter question.  on windows, 
you can use the "os.startfile" function:

     import os
     os.startfile("mydocument.doc")

(this is the same as double-clicking on a document in the file explorer)

on other platforms, use os.system() and specify what application to run:

     import os
     os.system("someapp mydocument.doc")

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