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Re: spawning other programs?

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From: peter
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:00
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there are other ways, but this works as well.....Peter

try{
     Runtime   rt  = Runtime.getRuntime();

     String address = "www.bubu.com";
     rt.exec("start " + address);
 }
catch( Exception e){
      e.printStackTrace();
}

colinw wrote:

> I have an application that I would like to be able to spawn the local
> browser from and direct it to a particular site.
>
> 1. Does anyone know how to do this in java?
> 2. How can you determine what the preferred local browser is?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> colin wilson
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