To close an application that has been opened previously

[Rana Datta]

How do I close an application, which I have opened before using java. Say, if I have opened a notepad or an InternetExplorer using
Process P=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("notepad.exe");
or
P=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe www.yahoo.com");

and after 15 sec I want to close my application automatically through my code.

[Sunny Kumar]

Have a look at Timer class or the Thread to achieve it.

[Jeff Albertson]

To close the other application, take a look at the API for Process.
I'm sure you'll find an appropriate method.

To do something 15 seconds later, you can use java.util.Timer and TimerTask
[ November 28, 2005: Message edited by: Jeff Albrechtsen ]

[Rana Datta]

Originally posted by Jeff Albrechtsen:
To close the other application, take a look at the API for Process.
I'm sure you'll find an appropriate method.

To do something 15 seconds later, you can use java.util.Timer and TimerTask

[ November 28, 2005: Message edited by: Jeff Albrechtsen ]

Thanx, I could do it by Process.destroy() after the call of the application and then putting Thread.sleep(15000)

[Jeff Albertson]

Yes, you can use sleep, but make sure that the delay isn't postposing other
actions that thread wants to carry out. That's why two posts suggested Timer.
You can also make your timer run in a daemon thread, if that is appropriate.