Thread: java program to execute an external application

Hi,

I want to create a java program to find the applications running in my computer. And then I want to select a particular application called 'Harvest Client.exec'. Bring the application to front. And Then find a textbox in it and paste the things from clipboard.

I am not sure how to do this. I started by using some Runtime methods. But I am not getting anywhere. Can anyone please tell me, what I should use?

Thanks a lot for your help and time.

Best Regards,
Harleen

Thanks Kevin. My colleague has done this in C#.
There must be a way to do this in Java.

I have started like this:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Map;
public class hotkey {
public static void main (String[] args) {

try {

String line;

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec (System.getenv("windir") +"\\system32\\"+"tasklist.exe");

BufferedReader input =
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {

if(line.length()!=0)
{

if(line.substring(0,18).equals("Harvest Client.exe"))
System.out.println("hehe");
}
}

input.close();


//Process p2 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("Harvest Client.exe");

}
catch (Exception err)
{
err.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Thank you KevinWorkman. I am looking at some posts. These might help me.

Execute an external program - Real's Java How-to

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