how can we lauch browser from my application in solris ?

[zainu Mehmood]

i use
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start iexplorer http://www.sun.com");
it works fine for windows but what for solaris where netsacepe is insatalled ,please let me know

[Mirko Bonasorte]

You are off topic. However, you can use 'sh -c <command>', in this case.

[Barry Gaunt]

Not in the scope of Sun Certified Java Programmer I think...

[zainu Mehmood]

Thanks Mirko Bonasorte ,your one line has solved my problem

[Peter Chase]

If you are using Java 6, you can and probably should use the new Desktop class. This has platform-independent pure Java browser launcher.

If you are not using Java 6, then you can still do better on Windows. You should respect the user's chosen browser, not force them to use Internet Exploder. You can do that by running FileProtocolHandler.

On Linux, you can use "htmlview". Might that work on Solaris? Again, has the advantage of respecting user's choice of browser.

      String[] cmd;
      if (RuntimeOptions.runningOnWindows())
        cmd = new String[] { "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url };
      else if (RuntimeOptions.runningOnLinux())
        cmd = new String[] { "htmlview", url };
      else
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException
          ("displayURL() not supported on this platform. URL=" + url);
 
      try
      {
        return Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
      }
      catch(IOException ioe)
      {
        HQNlogger.log(LOG_SUBJECT, HQNlogger.HQN_ALARM_LEVEL_ERROR,
                      "Failed to spawn browser: " + ioe);
        return null;
      }

Note 1: RuntimeOptions is not a built-in class, it's mine. You can see what it does.

Note 2: I've got Mac OS X code, too, but it's a bit more verbose, so I haven't included it here.
[ May 16, 2007: Message edited by: Peter Chase ]