Open html document

Question

what can i do so that i can using java application to make browser open a html document
thank you for your help

Answer 1

public class BrowserControl
public static void displayURL(String url)
boolean windows = isWindowsPlatform();
String cmd = null;
try
if (windows)
                    try
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("start iexplore \""+url+"\"");
                    catch (java.io.IOException e)
                         System.out.println("caught ioexception") ;          
                         //e.printStackTrace();
                         try
                              Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start iexplore \""+url+"\"");
                         catch(Exception ee)
                              System.out.println("caught again ee") ;          
                              ee.printStackTrace();
                              // cmd = 'rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://...'
                              cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url;
                              Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
else
// Under Unix, Netscape has to be running for the "-remote"
// command to work. So, we try sending the command and
// check for an exit value. If the exit command is 0,
// it worked, otherwise we need to start the browser.
// cmd = 'netscape -remote openURL(http://www.javaworld.com)'
cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")";
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
try
// wait for exit code -- if it's 0, command worked,
// otherwise we need to start the browser up.
int exitCode = p.waitFor();
if (exitCode != 0)
// Command failed, start up the browser
// cmd = 'netscape http://www.javaworld.com'
cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + url;
p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
catch(InterruptedException x)
System.err.println("Error bringing up browser, cmd='" +
cmd + "'");
System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
catch(Exception x)
// couldn't exec browser
System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd);
System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
* Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows
* or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
* @return true if this application is running under a Windows OS
public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()
String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
if ( os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID))
return true;
else
return false;
* Simple example.
public static void main(String[] args)
displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com");
// Used to identify the windows platform.
private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows";
// The default system browser under windows.
private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32";
// The flag to display a url.
private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler";
// The default browser under unix.
private static final String UNIX_PATH = "netscape";
// The flag to display a url.
private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL";