Starting DOS command on a server

Question

Hi all!
I am not sure whether I my problem can be solved in this forum, but I try it, as it seems like a common problem:
I have a server, let's say "live01", which has different programs running, that can be monitored over some commands which can only be executed from a DOS box, on this ("live01") server. This server, also acts as the web server for distributing my new JWS (Java Web Start) application which graphically shows the status of the programs running on the "live01"-server.
My application should be visible to the whole company (that's why I use JWS), although only a few people would have access rights to the "live01"-server, where the monitored programs are actually running.
As you could guess from the lines above, I need to call the DOS command on the "live01"-server from my locally running application (and get the results back).
NOW the PROBLEM: I do not know how to call this DOS commands (on the "live01"-server) from the local PC where the JWS application runs. When I use
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(someCommand);
this is surely executed on the local PC, where I do not have the tools to monitor the programs on the server!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks
nocomm

Answer 1

Are you only interesting in starting the program or start it and get result from it ?
to start the program, just execute the line:
String file = "";
file = System.getProperty("user.dir")
+ System.getProperty("file.separator")
+ "your_program.exe";
try{Runtime.getRuntime().
exec("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLL " + file);
catch(Exception g) {
g.printStackTrace();
on your java server...
or is that a problem for you ??