Cannot see exec()'ed app

[Brian Coates]

When I exec an application, a cmd window with a helloworld app that spits out the string "Hello World", I can't actually see the cmd window. I'm using the '/k' flag, which if I understand correctly, should keep the cmd window open. I've also tried exec'ing a text file in notepad.
In both cases, I could see a cmd/notepad process start in the Process Window of the Task Manager, but the windows never actually popped up.
Anyone know why? Below is a snippet of my code.
thanks,
brian
String path = "d:\\";
String command = "cmd /k java -classpath \"" + path + "\" HelloWorld";
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
- OR -
String command = "notepad c:\\text.txt";
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

[Cindy Glass]

Worked for me in WinNT. I got two windows up, of course the notepad window came up first and couldn't find that file. Then the java window came up just fine.

I used this code:

<font size=2.5>
import java.io.*;
class Test {
   public static void main(String args[]){
        Test t = new Test();
        try{
                 String path = "d:\\jdk1.3.1\\Working";
                 String command = "cmd /k java -classpath \"" + path + "\" ListenerTest";
           System.out.println(command);
                 Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command); 
                 String command2 = "notepad c:\\text.txt";
          System.out.println(command2);
                 Process p2 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command2);
        }
        catch(IOException e) {
        }
    }
}

[This message has been edited by Cindy Glass (edited December 14, 2001).]