How to open a web browser from java

Hi
Would anybody please help me with this. I need to open a web browser from my java app but I don't know. What method I can use?
Thanks.
Hung.

You can use the Runtime class for this. It can run any command. So, you can run the .exe file of your Web browser.
The following code will run Internet Explorer (assuming iexplorer.exe is in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer):
import java.lang.Runtime;
public class Explore{
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore");
}catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception: " + e);

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