Open default browser from a java application

How is possible to make a java application that open an html file in the default browser ?
Thankyou
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You can do that by running the command "start <url>", for example using Runtime.exec().
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("start http://java.sun.com");Jesper

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I have a running flash application myapp.swf (Actionscript
2), which runs on a server and requires a parameter (
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So lets get this straight, you now have the content
embedded/loaded within a HTMLLOADER, right?
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