Help about opening a PHP page from a Java application

Question

Hi,
I would have some elements to open a PHP page from a little Java application I'm doing. I would like to know the classes I had to use, how to implement them, ...
In fact, I dial into my application my login, my password, and when I click on by "Connect" button, I must show the PHP page corresponding ti my profile onto the database. Picking up information from the database is not a problem, I know how to use SQL Packages in Java. The problem is to open a new page (IE or Netscape) when clicking on the "Connect" button in my application.
Thanks a lot for advice me.
C�dric

Answer 1

Hi
This class is from JavaWorld Tip 66 and I've used it to open web pages and files in a browser.
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
* A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.
* Under Unix, the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'.
* Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work.  This has been
* tested with the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris.
* Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser under windows,
* usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE.  The default browser is
* determined by the OS.  This has been tested under Windows 95/98/NT.
* Examples:
BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com")
BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html")
BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");
* Note - you must include the url type -- either "http://" or
* "file://".
public class BrowserControl
     * Display a file in the system browser.  If you want to display a
     * file, you must include the absolute path name.
     * @param url the file's url (the url must start with either "http://"
or
     * "file://").
    public static void displayURL(String url) throws Exception
        boolean windows = isWindowsPlatform();
        String cmd = null;
        try
            if (windows)
                // cmd = 'rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://...'
                cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url;
                Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
            else
                // Under Unix, Netscape has to be running for the "-remote"
                // command to work.  So, we try sending the command and
                // check for an exit value.  If the exit command is 0,
                // it worked, otherwise we need to start the browser.
                // cmd = 'netscape -remote openURL(http://www.javaworld.com)'
                cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")";
                Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
                try
                    // wait for exit code -- if it's 0, command worked,
                    // otherwise we need to start the browser up.
                    int exitCode = p.waitFor();
                    if (exitCode != 0)
                        // Command failed, start up the browser
                        // cmd = 'netscape http://www.javaworld.com'
                        cmd = UNIX_PATH + " "  + url;
                        p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
                catch(InterruptedException x)
                    System.err.println("Error bringing up browser, cmd='" +
                                       cmd + "'");
                    System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
                    throw x;
        catch(IOException x)
            // couldn't exec browser
            System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd);
            System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
            throw x;
     * Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows
     * or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
     * @return true if this application is running under a Windows OS
    public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()
        String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if ( os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
     * Simple example.
    public static void main(String[] args)
      try
//        displayURL("file://c:\\Manual\\Amphibian Accounting Help Test 3.pdf");
//        displayURL("http://www.pro7.co.za");
        Properties prop = System.getProperties();
//        Enumeration enum = prop.propertyNames();
        Enumeration enum = prop.keys();
        while(enum.hasMoreElements())
          enum.nextElement();
      catch(Exception e)
    // Used to identify the windows platform.
    private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows";
    // The default system browser under windows.
    private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32";
    // The flag to display a url.
    private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler";
    // The default browser under unix.
    private static final String UNIX_PATH = "netscape";
    // The flag to display a url.
    private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL";
}If you find a better solution please let me know!
Regards
Michael Williams