Question

[Anthony Saffer]

I am writing an application in a language that will remain nameless *g*.
But it interfaces with a console based Java app and I have a problem. The
main program (not written in Java) calls the Java program as an external
program. The Java program does it's thing then SHOULD return a string to
the calling program. Problem is, it doesn't. I could be going about this
all wrong though so could someone please point me in the right direction.
Here is what I am doing with my Java program:

1: The calling program is passing 1 argument to the program when it calls
it.

2: The Java program is retreiving information based on the argument value
passed to it.

3: The Java program SHOULD return a string to the calling program.

Can't I return my string to my calling prgram using standard System.out.println?
If not, how do I do it?

Thanks,
Anthony

[Paul Clapham]

Yes, you can write to the Java program's console using System.out.println.
Whether the other program can read that output is another question which we
obviously can't answer here. If it can't, then you could redirect the Java
program's output to a file and have the nameless program read that file
instead.

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Anthony Saffer <casaffer@rectec.net> wrote in message
news:39ff6b5e$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I am writing an application in a language that will remain nameless *g*.
> But it interfaces with a console based Java app and I have a problem. The
> main program (not written in Java) calls the Java program as an external
> program. The Java program does it's thing then SHOULD return a string to
> the calling program. Problem is, it doesn't. I could be going about this
> all wrong though so could someone please point me in the right direction.
> Here is what I am doing with my Java program:
>
> 1: The calling program is passing 1 argument to the program when it calls
> it.
>
> 2: The Java program is retreiving information based on the argument value
> passed to it.
>
> 3: The Java program SHOULD return a string to the calling program.
>
> Can't I return my string to my calling prgram using standard
System.out.println?
> If not, how do I do it?
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony