HTML file in Swing

I need to call an HTML file in the Swing application. I am not able to so that. Can some one help with that. My basic idea is to open an application on the system start up. The application should contain the HTML file. Any help would be appreicaited.

try this link n go thru the file:
http://examples.oreilly.com/jswing2/code/ch23/MiniBrowser.java

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working with BorderLayout Panel p, JSplitPane split, JTree tree, and JEditorPane rpane
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Writing html file in a jeditorpane

I have read one of your threads titled as "How to insert a string in a JEditorPane (Urgent)". according to this thread I am using insertString() method to write in an jeditorpane. what I am writing is an html file. when I used insertString() method it doesn't show the html content in my jeditotpane. it displays the source code of my html file. I have setContentType("text/html"); moreover I used setText() and it shows the html file correctly but it over writes the previous content of jeditorpane. please help me to be able to
write to a jeditorpane without overwriting and displaying html file properly not its source code.
following is my code:
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Edited by: nasi on May 8, 2010 12:09 AM
Edited by: nasi on May 8, 2010 1:37 AM

Welcome to the Sun forums.
Subject: writing html file in a jeditorpane
If you mean a JEditorPane then please use the correct case, so we can be confident you refer to the J2SE class, as opposed to a 3rd party jeditorpane that we neither know, nor support.
nasi wrote:
I have read one of your threads titled as "How to insert a string in a JEditorPane (Urgent)". ..I guess you mean [How to insert a string in a JEditorPane (Urgent)|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=282569] from 2002. A lot has changed since 2002, but I suspect the basic way of appending text to a Document has not.
BTW - Good to see you arrive with some Google-foo. ;-)
..according to this thread I am using insertString() method to write in an jeditorpane. what I am writing is an html file. when I used insertString() method it doesn't show the html content in my jeditotpane. it displays the source code of my html file. I have setContentType("text/html"); moreover I used setText() and it shows the html file correctly but it over writes the previous content of jeditorpane. I've not played much with changing existing documents, but try this source (adapted from code nabbed from the thread you mentioned).
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import javax.swing.*;
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A helloworld java applet that will work on an html file

I have spent a lot of time trying to get a java applet to work on a web page. Of course, I can download zip packages and they will work. But I can?t seem to find a formula for creating something simple that will work.
All the examples that I have found will either work on Windows when running it on the command line, or work in Netbeans, but none of them will work when I put time into an html file on a linux web server.
Can someone post, maybe the simplest code that will output ?Hello world? on a Linux Apache Web server.
I have the gist for creating and programming java? as least a basic start. But I?m anxious to see an example that I can compile that will actually display on an html file and not just my Windows programming environment.
Thanks in advance for any feedback on this.
-- L. James
L. D. James
[email protected]
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

AndrewThompson64 wrote:
apollothethird wrote:
I have spent a lot of time trying to get a java applet to work on a web page. Of course, I can download zip packages and they will work.Does that somehow relate to this problem? What exactly does a Zip 'package' do when it 'works'?It displays the text on the web page.
>
.. But I cant seem to find a formula for creating something simple that will work.
All the examples that I have found will either work on Windows when running it on the command line, or work in Netbeans, but none of them will work when I put time into an html file on a linux web server.
Can someone post, maybe the simplest code that will output Hello world on a Linux Apache Web server.
Is that a question? Please make sure to add a question mark.
// <applet code='HelloWorldApplet' width='400' height='300'></applet>
import javax.swing.*;
public class HelloWorldApplet extends JApplet {
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validate();
I have the gist for creating and programming java as least a basic start. ... Applets are not for newbies. Leave them alone for at least another 6 months.Thanks, Andrew. The lines of text you provided were very enlightening. I was able to do a lot of dissecting and experimenting and have the full gist of my question answered. I don?t have any problems outputting either text on the console or text on browsers.
-- L. James
L. D. James

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I am doing an aplication on swing.But I don't know how to add a html file to the JeditorPane keeping the html file on the source code. i.e my html file is in my source code.Then how to add this source code to Jeditor pane.
Thanks
Srikant

hi srikkant,
ur html code is inside the source code..? are you working on applets..? if ur html file can be read as a file and the file stream can converted to a string and put into a Jeditor pane using the setText() method. for editing HTML text a editor called javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit can be used.
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