Hi All,
    I'm attempting to open wordpad on a file I've just created.

    I can open notepad on it just fine, but wordpad causes;

                Error java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: wordpad 
C:\TEMP\my_file.txt error=2

    I call this process 3 times ('cos I have 3 files I want to display). The 
3 notepad windows open up fine, but the 3 wordpad invocations fail ?

    public void show(String fileName) {

        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
        String  command1, command2;

        command1 = "notepad "   + fileName;
        command2 = "wordpad " + fileName;

        try {
            Process p1 = rt.exec(command1);
            Process p2 = rt.exec(command2);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error " + e);
        }

    (I put the notepad & wordpad invocations in together hoping to spot any 
typos. Just calling wordpad on its own still fails.)


If I 'run' the command;

    wordpad C:\TEMP\my_file.txt    - the window opens up fine

    I've tried the file name with & without quotes but no difference.

Any ideas

TIA

Bill


    }
}

 

Bill wrote:
> Hi All,
>     I'm attempting to open wordpad on a file I've just created.
>
>     I can open notepad on it just fine, but wordpad causes;
>
>                 Error java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: wordpad
> C:\TEMP\my_file.txt error=2

Perhaps this command line output might shed some
light on the matter..

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>notepad

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>wordpad
'wordpad' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

& BTW - did I miss the connection with graphical user interfaces?
This type of question is best dealt with on a group such
as comp.lang.java.programmer

Andrew T.

Hi Andrew,
    thanks for the help.

    This appears to work.

    public void show(String fileName) {

        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
        String  command1, command2;

        command1 = "notepad " + fileName;
        command2 = "C:\\Progra~1\\Window~1\\Access~1\\wordpad.exe " + 
fileName;

        try {
            Process p1 = rt.exec(command1);
            Process p2 = rt.exec(command2);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error " + e);
        }

    }

Bill

- we'll it is called from a Swing app.....


"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1160920248.986201.309770@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> Bill wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>     I'm attempting to open wordpad on a file I've just created.
>>
>>     I can open notepad on it just fine, but wordpad causes;
>>
>>                 Error java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: wordpad
>> C:\TEMP\my_file.txt error=2
>
> Perhaps this command line output might shed some
> light on the matter..
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>notepad
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>wordpad
> 'wordpad' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> & BTW - did I miss the connection with graphical user interfaces?
> This type of question is best dealt with on a group such
> as comp.lang.java.programmer
>
> Andrew T.
> 

Bill wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>     thanks for the help.

Your future lack of top-posting, will be thanks enough.

>     This appears to work.

Glad you sorted it.

> > & BTW - did I miss the connection with graphical user interfaces?
> > This type of question is best dealt with on a group such
> > as comp.lang.java.programmer
...
> - we'll it is called from a Swing app.....

Sure.  But if you can produce the error with no GUI involved
(which you could with your original code, by wrapping it in
a few lines and adding a main()), it is a good sign it is not
a topic best suited to this group.   ;-)

Andrew T.