Does my applet can't have a Runtime()?

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Can't i have this code in a applet?

public class runMe extends Applet
{
	public void init()
	{
		try
			{
				Runtime.getRuntime().exec("myProcedures.bat");
			}
		catch(Exception _ex)
			{
				System.out.println("ERROR!!!");
			}

	}
	
}