Opening a word document in Java

Question

HI
I am new to java. I am trying to open a word document when user press the button. I just want to open the document that exists on my computer. I have tried using exec() method of Runtime class. But I was not succeed. Here the code that I have used.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)     {
     String str = ae.getActionCommand();
     if(str.equals("Search")){
          Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
          Process p = null;
          try{
               p = r.exec("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\WINWORD.exe C:\\Resume\\coverletter.doc");
          }catch (IOException e){
               System.out.println("Error");
repaint();
Here "Search" is th name of Button.
So if anyone have a solution please help me regarding to this.
Thank you

Answer 1

Use java.awt.Desktop (available since Java 6), it provides a .open() method that will open any file with the users associated application (so no dangerous hardcoding of application paths necessary).
If you insist on using Runtime.exec, then you must read [When Runtime.exec() wont|http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html].