launch msword from java

[Anand Shrivastava]

Dear friends,

How can we launch msword from java program to open an already existing file.

Kindly help.

[Freddy Wong]

Use Runtime.exec()

[Anand Shrivastava]

Thanks,

I am using the command like this

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("start " + filename);

but I get the following error

cannot run program start:create ProcessError 2, cannot find the file specified

However, i have given the full pathname of the file in filename

Please help

[Rob Spoor]

start is not a command by itself, but only in the Windows Command Prompt.

Try "cmd /c start " + filename instead. This will tell cmd to execute start + filename

[Anand Shrivastava]

after doing this it is not opening msword, but it only opens the explorer window.

[Anand Shrivastava]

i have traced the problem.

Actually the filenames are so big that they are getting stored in ~1.doc form. for eg. the filename is 1237-88. It gets stored like 1237-8~1.doc.

How should i address such filenames. is there any method by which i can address both this kind of longer filenames as well as shorter filenames.

[Bert Bates]

sliding this over to the intermediate forum...