Launching Web Start Program from an Applet?

Hi,
I need to launch web start program from an applet.
How can I do that?
I have tried opening a new web page pointing to the jnlp file from an applet. But, that does not seem to start the web start.
Thanks in advance
rg

I am new to this so may be my questions will appear stupid to a pro, but this is an erro I am getting at compile:
Can't make static reference to method java.lang.Process exec(java.lang.String) in class java.lang.Runtime.
Runtime.exec("test.exe");
What could be the problem?
^

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