i want to execute .exe from a button using netbeans

Question

i want to open another program which is not in windows path. below are code to open notepad which is in windows path.

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "cmd.exe /C start notepad" );

and i want to open an exe file from the path below:

C:\Users\midi\Documents\Downloads\Compressed\ARToolKit-2.72.1-bin-win32\ARToolKit\bin

please help me. thanks in advance

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '12 at 19:01

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You have the code to execute executables right there. All you need to do is escape the slashes in the path.

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Users\\midi\\Documents\\Downloads\\Compressed\\ARToolKit-2.72.1-bin-win32\\ARToolKit\\bin");

answered Jul 26 '12 at 19:01

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While creating the process this gives me an error because of missing rights (Win7, Java 7). – aRestless Jul 26 '12 at 19:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '12 at 19:09

Assuming the executable is called "Executable.exe" it should simply be

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /C start C:\\Users\\midi\Documents\\Downloads\\Compressed\\ARToolKit-2.72.1-bin-win32\\ARToolKit\\bin\\Executable.exe" );

If it's a wise decision to hardcode the absolute path is another question.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 12:55

If nothing works create a batch file using notepad and renaming it to someName.bat.For your question it should be as below;

@echo on
cd C:\Users\midi\Documents\Downloads\Compressed\ARToolKit-2.72.1-bin-win32\ARToolKit\bin 
run cnext

Then supposing the bat file is on the desktop include the code below behind button click listener.

  try {
                Process pr=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start C:\\Users\\Labuser\\Desktop\\someName.bat");
            } catch (IOException e1) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e1.printStackTrace();
            }

i want to execute .exe from a button using netbeans

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