Hi,
is it possible to search the installed programs (e.g. MS Word) on a system using Java?
I am developing a Java application that runs MSExcel in between. I just want to validate whether Excel exists on the user system before I launch the excel in my application.
Kindly help me to find out the right material for this.
-Atul
> is it possible to search the installed programs (e.g.
> MS Word) on a system using Java?
Pure Java: no. Except by searching the file system and guessing from the files found.
JNI: probably, by simply searching the registry. But that's not a Java question then. There should be 3rd party libraries available for reading the registry which you can use, though.
> Hi,
> is it possible to search the installed programs (e.g.
> MS Word) on a system using Java?
> I am developing a Java application that runs MSExcel
> in between. I just want to validate whether Excel
> exists on the user system before I launch the excel
> in my application.
> Kindly help me to find out the right material for
> this.
>
> -Atul
Why can't you just try to launch it, and catch any exceptions?
Kaj
