Batch file program

Question

I want to write a java program that will ask the user for a file name, then it will open and execute the batch file that was entered. Is this possible?

Answer 1

This demo will run a batch file in the c:\ root. Play with it and i'm sure you will come up with something more advanced than this demo.
// Author List:
//      deAppel                         <Creator>
// Description:
//     Execute a bat with user input.
// Environment:
//      This software was developed using Eclipse and Java 1.6
// Copyright Information:
//      Copyright (C) 2007      <Institution><None>
//          Ark de Appel                www.engineeringserver.com
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class RunBat {
     public RunBat(){
          String input = "Run batch file";               
          input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(input);
          try {
               Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c start c:\\" + input + ".bat");               
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          new RunBat();
}