Java application to launch web browsers.

HI Dave,

To launch an application you can use Runtime class.

Following is the code;

public void launchBrowser(String url) throws Exception

{

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();

try {

// for IE to launch;

Process proc = rt.exec("iexplore " + url);

}catch(Exception ex) {

// for netscape

Process proc = rt.exec("netscape " + url);

}

rt = null;

Bye,

S.M.Reddy.

smreddy_2000 at 2007-7-1 15:43:18 >

Thanks for all the replies!

S.M.Reddy. I tried your code, everything compiled fine, but as I try to execute it nothing happened. Am I missing something?here's the code:

try

{

launchBrowser("http://www.jmu.edu");

}

catch (Exception e){}

public void launchBrowser(String url) throws Exception

{

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();

try {

// for IE to launch;

Process proc = rt.exec("iexplore " + url);

}catch(Exception ex) {

// for netscape

//Process proc = rt.exec("netscape " + url);

}

rt = null;

}

thanks again,

Dave

yangsx_22 at 2007-7-1 15:43:18 >

Thanks again!

I was able to get the code from javaworld to work. One more question if you're still around. What swing text component would handle html tag or a link.Say I want to display a lot of text ( i use jtextarea), and there's a URL in the text, how would I be able to just click the URL and go to the website (what text component would handle links)?

thanks,

Dave

yangsx_22 at 2007-7-1 15:43:18 >