HTML Link problem (Urgent!)

Question

I'm writing a prrogram that displays an HTML file. I used a JEditorPane. I tryed using the hyperlinkListener but it doesn't work! here's the class I wrote...
can anyone help please?
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import browser.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
* Classe :
* Description :
* Societe : Medias France
* @version 1.0
public class Aide extends JFrame implements HyperlinkListener
     BrowserInterface bI;
     URL url1;
     static Interface parent;
     public Aide(String titre, Interface i)
          super(titre);
          parent = i;
          getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          //bI = new BrowserInterface(jp);
          setBounds(10,10,800,600);
          addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
               quit(null);
          try
               url1 = new URL("file:/home/darkazan/java/BDO/tablegen-1.8/help/help.html");
               //bI.URL_Process(url1);
          catch (MalformedURLException e)
               System.out.println("probleme " + e.toString());
          JEditorPane editorPane = new JEditorPane();
     editorPane.setEditable(false);
     try
     editorPane.setPage(url1);
     catch (IOException e)
     System.err.println("Attempted to read a bad URL: " + url1);
     JScrollPane editorScrollPane = new JScrollPane(editorPane);
          editorScrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
     editorScrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
     getContentPane().add(editorScrollPane, "Center");
     pack();
     setVisible(true);
     public void hyperlinkListener(HyperlinkEvent e)
          if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED)
     // do something on HL click
System.out.println("ouverture");
          if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ENTERED)
          // do something on mouse over HL
     // do something on HL click
     System.out.println("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb");
if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.EXITED)
// do something on HL click
System.out.println("ggggggggggggggggggg");
// do something on mouse moved away from HL
     public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent e)
     public static void main(String[] args)
          Aide aide1 = new Aide("Help", parent);
     * Quitter l'application
     * @param     e L'evenement recu
     * @return     Sans objet.
     void quit(ActionEvent e)
          parent.bAide.setEnabled(true);
          dispose();
}

Answer 1

also check your file protocol it should look like this: file:/// with three slashes(i think?)
here Mr. Urgent, my html viewer: (and it works) ;P
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.accessibility.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.io.IOException;
public class iROCHelp extends JPanel implements HyperlinkListener{
//ATTRIBUTES
JEditorPane html;
private static boolean HelpShowing = false;
private static JFrame selTopic;
//METHODS
//Constructor
public iROCHelp(java.net.URL URLstr){
//setBorder(new EmptyBorder());
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
try{
URL url = URLstr;
if(url != null){
html = new JEditorPane(url);
html.setEditable(false);
html.addHyperlinkListener(this);
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane();
JViewport vp = scroller.getViewport();
vp.add(html);
vp.setBackingStoreEnabled(true);
add(scroller, BorderLayout.CENTER);
catch (MalformedURLException e){
System.out.println("Malformed URL: " + e);
catch (IOException e){
System.out.println("IOException: " + e);
}//HelpTopic CONSTRUCTOR
public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent e){
if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED){
linkActivated(e.getURL());
}//hyperlinkUpdate
protected void linkActivated(URL u){
Cursor c = html.getCursor();
Cursor waitCursor = Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR);
html.setCursor(waitCursor);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new PageLoader(u, c));
}//linkActivated
class PageLoader implements Runnable{
PageLoader(URL u, Cursor c){
url = u;
cursor = c;
public void run(){
if (url == null){
// restore the original cursor
html.setCursor(cursor);
Container parent = html.getParent();
parent.repaint();
else{
Document doc = html.getDocument();
try{
html.setPage(url);
catch (IOException ioe){
html.setDocument(doc);
finally{
// schedule the cursor to revert after
// the paint has happended.
url = null;
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(this);
}//else
}//run
URL url;
Cursor cursor;
}//PageLoader
public static void spawnHelp(java.net.URL URLStr){
if (!HelpShowing){
selTopic = new JFrame();
selTopic.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
selTopic.getContentPane().add(new iROCHelp(URLStr),BorderLayout.CENTER);
Dimension dim = selTopic.getToolkit().getScreenSize();
selTopic.setLocation((int)dim.getWidth()/2-selTopic.getWidth()/2,(int)dim.getHeight()/2-selTopic.getHeight()/2);
selTopic.setSize(500, 400);
selTopic.setTitle("Remote Operators Console Help");
selTopic.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
closeHelp();
}//windowClosing
selTopic.show();
HelpShowing = true;
}//if help showing
}//spawnHelp
public static void closeHelp(){
if (HelpShowing){
selTopic.dispose();
HelpShowing = false;
}//closeHelp
}//HelpTopic CLASS