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 Running another .exe file

[jaincool]

jaincool  

 Running another .exe file

I have a program in which i am required to run another .exe file which the user will give as his input ,he will be giving me the whole path for running the file .Anyone got any info as to weather or not this can be done and in case it can be done ,how we can do this ?

[polas]

polas  

 Re: Running another .exe file

Yup Its actually quite easy, but I think (for some reason) the Java developers have hidden the API a little.

Use
Process proc = (Runtime.getRuntime()).exec("myproggie.exe") ;