How to launch an application from java?

Question

Hi,
Would anybody please help me this. I need to launch a new desktop application from my java app but I don't know how. For example, when user clicks on a "Edit" button from my java app, my app needs to launch NOTEPAD.EXE to allow user starts editing.
Thanks a lot.
Hung.

Answer 1

try something like this for your button's action method:
        String[] cmd = {"notepad"};
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
        try {
            Process pro = rt.exec(cmd);
            pro.waitFor();  // wait until it's done executing
            System.out.println("Process exit code is: " + pro.exitValue());
        }catch(IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println("IOException -> " + ioe);
        } catch(InterruptedException ie){
            System.err.println("InterruptedException: " + ie);
        }