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Message:

How can I invoke Word 95 Document from Java?.

Posted by Sandeep Thool on May 11, 2001 at 10:12 AM

In order to invoke an external program from Java code, one has to make use of the class "Runtime".

Try this code
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public class temp
{ public static void main(String args[])
{ try
{ Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
r.exec("C:\\WINDOWS\\NOTEPAD.EXE");
}
catch(Exception e)
{ System.out.println(e.toString());
}
}
}

Note:
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First find the path of your Software (Microsoft Word) by right-clicking on your Microsoft Word's desktop icon. Take a copy of that path & supply that as a STRING to the "r.exec()" method.

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