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Marcel:

Blocking calls to exec() is one of the most basic tenets of the
security  mechanism.

If you are only running it local, make it an Application and enjoy the
80% of Java that you are missing out on!

-Rich

Marcel van den Dungen wrote:
> 
> Steve Schafer (TeamB) wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:55:55 +0200, Marcel van den Dungen
> > <info@c-content.nl> wrote:
> >
> > >i am writing an applet running on ms windows that should start up local
> > >executables (exe files)
> > >can anyone please tell me how to do this?
> >
> > To allow an applet to start an EXE on the host machine is absolutely
> > contrary to the whole idea of applets. Applets run in a "sandbox";
> > they are isolated from the machine on which they run.
> >
> > -Steve
> 
> The meaning is that the applet is only installed locally and runs my own
> programs, it is used for a demo menu. Is there no way to go around the
> security issue, since the applet is not started from a server?I tried the
> following:
> Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command)
> This starts up the command when the applet is started in JBuilder, but I
> can't get it to work in Netscape.
> Can anyone please help me overcome this problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Greetings
> Casper

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Borland JBuilder Team

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