Java Question

[randumb]

How would I say, launch a word document, from within a java program? I've tried Runtime.getRuntime().exec("FILENAME"); but that didn't work.

 

[Kilrsat]

On a windows system, to launch files like that you need to launch a cmd.exe process and pass the filename to it. On a *nix system, just calling the filename should work. There are various other ways to do this same thing, but I believe this is the "easiest" or at least the only one I can remember.

Windows example:

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: Kilrsat
On a windows system, to launch files like that you need to launch a cmd.exe process and pass the filename to it. On a *nix system, just calling the filename should work. There are various other ways to do this same thing, but I believe this is the "easiest" or at least the only one I can remember.

Windows example:

Thanks a bunch!