Automatic Button Push?

Question

I have a Button in my GUI called "cmdTouch". Is it possible to make the user automatically click this button? For example, if the user types in word "hello", i want Java to automatically push down the button "cmdTouch" that is in my interface.
Thanks,

Answer 1

@OP: I don't mean to say that you shouldn't do this. Your requirements drive your design after all, but be careful with this kind of thing.
The key to good UI design is to stick to accepted best practices and prevent the user from having to learn a new paradigm for each application. Good examples are having the tab control focus from left to right, top to bottom, putting the menus at the top of the screen, and things of that sort.
So be careful when deviating from that. If I was filling in a form and had button clicks firing when I entered a certain phrase in a text field, it would at the very least cause confusion. (I once tried entering my phone number in a web app, and messed up the area code. When I went back to the area code field, I was automatically sent to the next field. Someone had put a check in to see if three numbers existed in the area code field, and if so sent focus to the next one. This "helpful" innovation made it impossible to correct a wrongly entered area code. Perfect example.)
Anyway, you may have a very good reason for trying this, and if so, ignore the above. But it's possible you may need to reconsider this given that one person's improvement is another person's major annoyance.
FWIW, your mileage may very, consult a physician if itching persists...