Running a .bat file with runtime.exec()

My goal is to have a class that will run and batch file and allow my program to continue running.

I have been over http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html

And I am actually using an example to run the bat file. And it works. The only problem is that for example the batch file contains "notepad" notepad will open but my program will stop until the opened notepad is closed. Then it carries on as desired.

Any ideas how this code could be modified to simply start the batch file and be done with it?

public RunAction(String exeFileName){

this.runFileName = exeFileName;

}

publicvoid runFile(String exeFileName){

try{

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();

Process proc = rt.exec(runFileName);

InputStream stderr = proc.getErrorStream();

InputStreamReader isr =new InputStreamReader(stderr);

BufferedReader br =new BufferedReader(isr);

String line =null;

System.out.println("<ERROR>");

while ( (line = br.readLine()) !=null)

System.out.println(line);

System.out.println("</ERROR>");

int exitVal = proc.waitFor();

System.out.println("Process exitValue: " + exitVal);

}catch (Throwable t)

{

t.printStackTrace();

}

}

I apprecaite any insight offered.

Thx

[2015 byte] By [xavier33a] at [2007-10-2 12:58:39]