Calling an external application 1

[sammi]

Can JSP call an external application ie. an *.exe file or *.dll file and display it on the page itself?
Where can I find information regarding this topic?

Thanks.

Samantha [sig][/sig]

 

[Hrish]

Hi Sammi,

You can use JSP to execute external commands.You can use Java Native Interface to execute native code code stored inside libraries or DLLs but all this i think can be done on the server since JSP pages are executed on the server.
You can execute external commands on the server using the Runtime class.
example:
Runtime r=Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p=r.exec(external command);

bye,
Hrish

 

[Hrish]

Hi sammi,

You can find information about this in the java docs.

Bye,
Hrish