Can java achieve the same function as the following VB code?

Question

'open a windows programme(simply an entry form), and focus the 1st textfield
Dim RetVal = Shell("C:\Program Files\Operations Center Client\OCC.EXE", vbNormalFocus)
'reading data from database
Data1.RecordSource = "tradingPartner"
Data1.Refresh
'dump data to the form
For i = 0 To 8
SendKeys (Data1.Recordset.Fields(i))
SendKeys ("{TAB}")
Next
SendKeys ("{ENTER}")
I can use the Runtime.getRuntime().exec("") to open the form, but how can i send values to the form? thx.

Answer 1

you need to go through a C bridge that forwardsthe
params from java to VB (JNI).I interpreted "form" to mean the GUI application.Is
that not what it means?
Yeah...
But one can create dummy VB functions to populatethe
form fields.
All those function do is take an argument and setthe
field value to that of the argument.
Those methods will be called from a DLL, which
receives the java values, convert them to, say,
strings, and than pass them to the field populator
methods>And that would be better than using java.awt.Robot
which insert system events into another application?
I understood that roiss wants to populate a VB form using values obtained from or through a java program.
Otherwise, how why use java if the form is a VB form and the values are obtained from or through VB?!