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Any way of running a Java application within a C++ .scr Screesaver?

Hello all,

I am about to write a screensaver in C++ (that will hopefully end up being all encapsulated in one .scr file) and my question is...

How do I incorporate a Java application into it?

As in - the screensaver will use a spider that I am writing in Java which will retrieve information that the screensaver will display. So can all this happen from within the .scr file? And if so, are there any extra requirements that the user would have to be aware of?

Thanks very much for your time,

Mark.

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shifty_mc

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ok, thanks, but you've gone over my head a bit - i'm a bit rusty at the moment and will be learning on the job i feel.

So what did you mean by on the command line? As in I take it the bottom line is the actual one to start the java program from within C++ but what about the top stuff - not entirely sure what that's doing or where it's supposed to go.

Also on a tangent - to what extent could the java program communicate with the C++? Could it (Java) tell it (C++) to stop the screensaver for instance?

Thanks a lot - appreciate it.

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