how to open a IE browser by clicking a URL in the List

[marshall ma]

Hi guys,

I am not sure where I should put the question, so I put it here.

There is a List in the GUI, the list contains some URL(String), I want to click one URL in the list to pop up an IE window which is going to the page (where URL point to). I think there is API about this,right?

Any help will be appreciated! (code sample is the best since I am kind of new to java)

Thanks,

marshall

[erdem ozdemir]

 
String result = "http://www.some.net;
result = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + result;
 
try{

   Runtime.getRuntime().exec ( result );
 
}
catch( Exception er){
     System.out.println( "error:\n" + er );
}
 
 

This part is for opening IE, for choosing which URL that was selected you should use getSelectedValue() (if you are using a JList..)

[ August 16, 2005: Message edited by: erdem ozdemir ]
[ August 16, 2005: Message edited by: erdem ozdemir ]

[Mahesh x Bogadi]

If you are using an applet..

applet.getAppletContext().showDocument()

[marshall ma]

Thanks erdem ozdemir and Mahesh Bogadi !! :-) I really appreciate your help!

erdem ozdemir, I have tried your code, it works perfect !!

Best Wishes,
[ August 16, 2005: Message edited by: marshall ma ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

If you're after a minimum of cross-platform functionality, check out BrowserLauncher, which is written in Java and works on multiple platforms.
[ August 16, 2005: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[marshall ma]

Thanks Ulf Dittmer !!

Fortunately I needn't that advanced feature. :-)