Topic: How to access Runtime in MAc to launch Java apps from Java applications ?

How to access Runtime in MAc to launch Java apps from Java applications ?

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Posted By: Pradeep_Shekade
Posted On: Thursday, August 9, 2001 07:29 AM

The following code works for windows and Linux and not for Apple Mac OS X

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();

Process process = null;

try

{

process = runtime.exec("javaw -cp myclasses.jar myapp");

}

catch(IOException e){}

What could be the problem ??

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Re: How to access Runtime in MAc to launch Java apps from Java applications ?

Posted By: Christopher_Schultz
Posted On: Thursday, August 9, 2001 08:38 AM

(Mac experts, crrect me if I'm wrong).

The Mac works differently from the DOS or UNIX world. Since the Mac is not inherently command-line-based, there's no notion of a "PATH" in which your javaw executable can be found.

You'll have to look on a Mac/Java bulletin board (or wait for an answer from someone here) to get your answer. There's gotta be a way to specify the path to the desired executable on a Mac. Is it not the same way as on UNIX? Try being very specific about the path to javaw, like this:

/Applications/JRE/bin/javaw or wherever your javaw is.

Good luck,

-chris

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