how to execute a .exe file useing a java program

i need to execute an any .exe file useing java program.like in jdk we have java,javac...like that



this is the code that i wrote :




import java.io.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.*;


public class Test3 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runtime run = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {

Process pp=run.exec("d:\\jdk1.3\\bin\\javac");
BufferedReader in =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pp.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}



when i try 2 run this code:

here i am getting this sort of error:





---------- java ----------
java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: d:\jdk1.3\bin\javac error=3
at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method)
at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:66)
at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:551)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:418)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:361)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:325)
at Test3.main(Test3.java:19)
CreateProcess: d:\jdk1.3\bin\javac error=3
Normal Termination
Output completed (0 sec consumed).


please help me in this issue...thanks in advance

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I was able to get the code working with some minor changes I made based on some examples that I found on this site. I'm not sure why you're getting a IOException.

This was the code that I used with the path modified for my machine:



The output was the same as if I typed it from the command line with the exit value variable added: