[SOLVED] help with Runtime.getRuntime().exec

[collin389]

Hey, I am trying to run another java program from mine using Runtime.getRuntime().exec.
In my program I call a function that is supposed to append text to a JTextArea, then run Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( java -cp ... );
I have two problems, the first is that It runs the java program FIRST, and when the java program is done, it appends the text.
The second problem is that the parent program hangs until the second one is done. How can I fix these problems? Thanks.

[Fubarable]

Sounds like you'll need to create and use a SwingWorker object to allow background processes to work well with Swing. Please read this tutorial on the Swing EDT and how to run background processes: Concurrency in Swing

Also, this is really a Swing question, and so I am going to move this to the Swing forum.

Much luck!

[collin389]

Thanks again for your help Fubarable!

[Fubarable]

You're quite welcome!