Associate file format with my program (Java)

Question

I am making Scouting Software (in Java) for my FRC robotics team. Scouting is like collecting data on other teams\' robots during competition. It is absolutely critical that my

Answer 1

Does the program have a GUI? If so, launch it with Java Web Start.

JWS can associate a file-type with an application on Windows, OS X & *nix. Here is a demo. of the JNLP API file service that associates the .zzz file type with the demo. app.