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In Java you need to pump (read in a separate thread) stdout and stderr, 
because the child process will block if the streams buffer is full.

- Alexey.

Oliver wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i use the getRuntime method to start an external program out of 
> my Java app: Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
> where cmd is an array of String
> 
> String[] cmd =
>  { "\"c:/Whatever.exe\"","/user=User","/password=XXX"};
> 
> Now the issue is that the program (Whatever.exe) starts, it
> accepts the parameters (user,password), - the / is required by
> Whatever.exe - but the window of the application Whatever.exe is
> not visible! The process is there (one can see it in the 
> taskmanager). 
> 
> In Delphi i have the possibility by using Windows.CreateProcess
>  and passing a "StartupInfo" 
> (lStartupInfo.dwFlags:= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
> lStartupInfo.wShowWindow:= SW_SHOWNORMAL;) but here in Java i dont see a possibility of determining in which way the external app is being started up or determining its visibility.
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Oliver