Running word using a java programm in a Mac environment

[Bud Spencer]

Ok,

This is the problem

I am trying to open a word document using runtime.exec.
I have some working code in Windows, which starts the desired document in dos mode. I rely on the system to recognise the type of the file, so it starts the right program for the job.

My question is how do I do this in MAC OSX. If I start the doc file in the shell it will also automatically call word to run the application. So I want to execute shell commands using runtime.exec
Here is the code I use in windows, and the second part is something I tried on the mac. Can anyone see what I do wrong or what I need to do to get the stuff working.

public void openFile(String target) throws InterruptedException
{
File targetFile = new File(target);
boolean running = true;
String [] openWord = new String [3];
openWord[0] = "cmd";
openWord[1] = "/c";
openWord[2] = targetFile.toString();

try
{
Runtime runtime= Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc=null;
proc=runtime.exec(openWord);
System.out.println("Maximum memory usage " + runtime.maxMemory() + " Bytes");
while (running)
{
if (proc.waitFor() != 0)
{
try
{
Thread.sleep(500);
System.out.print(".");
}
catch (InterruptedException ie)
{
System.out.println("InterruptedException " + ie);
}
}
else
{
System.out.println("Process " + targetFile.getAbsolutePath() + " has ended");
running = false;
}
}
}

catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
System.out.println(true);
}



Code I tried on the Mac

public class RunWord
{
public static void main (String [] arg)
{
String openWord [] = {"open", users/company/documents/Bud.doc");
String echo[] = {"echo", "Anyone out there?"};
try
{
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(openWord);
Process proc2 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(echo);
}
catch (IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("IOException " + ioe);
}
}


Thanks in advance

[sjalle]

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