Yes, I think you can open bat files, but it would actually involve using the same method as passing arguments.

To pass arguments, create a String array of all the things you would type on the command line:

Code:

// you would type:
// C:\>pd -lib zexy -nogui
// so make String array:
String[] commands = {"pd","-lib","zexy","-nogui"};
open(commands);
 

Hopefully that should work (depending on where pd lives, and if it's in your PATH), though it's just from my understanding of the open command, and I don't have pd to check.

To open a bat file, I think you could do:

Code:

String[] commands = {"cmd","/c","mybatfile.bat"};
open(commands);
 

But you can see that it would be a needless layer of indirection unless you wanted the command window around for pd to send messages to.