15-A Java Program Which Makes System Calls to Execute Programs from DOS

A Java Program Which Makes System Calls to Execute Programs from DOS

The following program will call a Console or DOS program written in the Windows XP environment. To get this program to work put a program called helloworld.exe perhaps compiled in C++ in the same directory as myclass.java. Click here for a copy of a program helloword.exe made in C++ to put in the directory with the file myclass.java.

import java.io.IOException; class myclass {           public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException           {                     Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start /MIN helloworld.exe");                     p.waitFor();           } }

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