Browser in swing application without JEditorPane

Hi,
We are developing a free software for the school
children.
In our application, we want to display HTML file into
swing frame. So we are using class JEditorPane.
JEditorPane displays the output like a browser but it
distrubs the alignment of text and image. Even in java
docs they have accepted it.
Do you know how to get proper browser in swing to
display the HTML contents ? I mean how to render HTML
in swing?
The matter is bit urgent for us.
Waiting for the early reply.
regards,
Anand Kulkarni

Take a look at the JDIC project:
https://jdic.dev.java.net/
Then take a look at the Browser demo near the bottom of the page.
JDIC is a project by Sun to get closer ties to the native system. The Browser portion of the project lets you embed IE in a Swing app.

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