How to display a desktop file via a user event ?

Do you mean open a text file? Take a look at this sample. Point the parameter to some text file on your PC and click execute. It should fire NotePad

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data:
           ifile_table type table of file_table,
           xfile_table type file_table,
            return type i..

parameters: p_file type file_table-filename
          default 'C:'.

at selection-screen on value-request for p_file.

  clear ifile_table.  refresh ifile_table.
  call method cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_open_dialog
   exporting
      window_title       = 'Get File'
      multiselection     = space
   changing
      file_table         = ifile_table
      rc                 = return
   exceptions
      file_open_dialog_failed = 1
      cntl_error              = 2
      error_no_gui            = 3
      others                  = 4.

  read table ifile_table into xfile_table index 1.
  if sy-subrc  = 0.
    p_file = xfile_table.
  endif.

start-of-selection.

  data: file type string.

  file  = p_file.
  call method cl_gui_frontend_services=>execute
    exporting
      document            =  file.

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Rich Heilman

You can code this in PAI or AT USER COMMAND.

CALL METHOD CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>EXECUTE

EXPORTING

• DOCUMENT =

APPLICATION = 'NOTEPAD.EXE'

PARAMETER = 'C:\test.txt'

• DEFAULT_DIRECTORY =

• MAXIMIZED =

• MINIMIZED =

• SYNCHRONOUS =

• OPERATION = 'OPEN'

• EXCEPTIONS

• CNTL_ERROR = 1

• ERROR_NO_GUI = 2

• BAD_PARAMETER = 3

• FILE_NOT_FOUND = 4

• PATH_NOT_FOUND = 5

• FILE_EXTENSION_UNKNOWN = 6

• ERROR_EXECUTE_FAILED = 7

• SYNCHRONOUS_FAILED = 8

• NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 9

• others = 10

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Cheers

Thanks a lot .

Regards,

Gaurav.