Launch default browser to view local HTML

I have a documentation written in HTML and I want my application to launch the user's default browser in Unix or Windows to view it.
How can I do it ?
Actually, I tried to show the doc in a EditorPane of my app but I only get a beep and no exception.
Is it because the doc is long and with pictures?
thanx!

To my knowledge, there's no 'default browser' in Unix. You can try looking at these articles to see if they help:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/qow/archive/15/index.html
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip66.html

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