how to find the full path of powerpoint.exe?

[csdev]

Hi All,

I want to open power point application from java.
To be able to do this I need the full path of powerpoint.exe

How can I find this?

Thanks,
Cathy.

 

[Real Gagnon]

I want to open power point application from java.

To be able to do this I need the full path of powerpoint.exe

How can I find this?

You don't really need it, you can Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd) the
following command to achieve this without the actual path of Powerpoint :

String cmd = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler myfile.ppt";

or

//win9x
String cmd = "start myfile.ppt";

or

//winnt or better
String cmd = "cmd /c start myfile.ppt";

Bye.

 

[csdev]

You don't really need it, you can Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd) the
following command to achieve this without the actual path of Powerpoint :

String cmd = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler myfile.ppt";

or

//win9x
String cmd = "start myfile.ppt";

or

//winnt or better
String cmd = "cmd /c start myfile.ppt";

Bye.

Real Gagnon,

Thanks for your reply. I am actually trying to open a .htm file using
power point. If I do the above a browser is activated.

-Cathy.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

....
..I am actually trying to open a .htm file using
power point. If I do the above a browser is activated.

It would be more successful on my system than
attempting to open a non-existent PowerPoint.

But then.. why on Earth would you want to load
an HTML file into PowerPoint in any case?

 

[Liz]

C:\Program Files\PowerPoint Viewer\PPVIEW32.EXE

It would be more successful on my system than
attempting to open a non-existent PowerPoint.

But then.. why on Earth would you want to load
an HTML file into PowerPoint in any case?

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[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

To be able to do this I need the full path of powerpoint.exe

How can I find this?

Ask the user, then store that path in a configuration file.