[news.eclipse.platform] Re: running an external process

[Snjezana Peco <snjeza.peco@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can execute some program using Program.launch() or Program.execute()

Snjeza

Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> I had already seen that one, but the documentation says:
>
> "Instances of this class represent programs and their associated file 
> extensions in the operating system."
>
> so it's only for that specific context...
>
> Snjezana Peco wrote:
> > You can try org.eclipse.swt.program.Program
> >
> > Snjeza
> >
> > Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I hope this is the right newsgroup to ask this question;
> > >
> > > I need to run an external program from an eclipse plugin I'm working on.
> > > Can I use the standard Java API (Process, etc.) or are there any 
> > > specific API from eclipse?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >     Lorenzo
> > >
> > > P.S. of course any link to examples on line are welcome :-)