Open web pages from an applet

Question

I'm developing an applet that has to open some web pages.
The only way I know is to use the method showDocument that
needs and URL. So, how to pass parameters to the web page?
I don't want to put them in the URL: everyone can see
"secret data"!
Help me, please.

Answer 1

Take a look at this example that uses a JEditor pane to hold the HTML page.
//Create a new JEditor Pane
jep = new JEditorPane( );
//Ensure the pane is not editable
jep.setEditable(false);  
//Use this to get local HTML file
URL fileURL = this.getClass().getResource("Manual/Manual.htm");
//add the html page to the JEditorPane
jep.setPage(fileURL);Ok the core line of code here is this.
URL fileURL = this.getClass().getResource("Manual/Manual.htm");The standard method for accessing a html file via a URL is thus. As you can see its very similar.
URL fileURL = new URL("http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/staff/asscott/progranimate/docs/Manual/Manual.htm");this.getClass().getResourse() will return the file location of the class you are working with.
By doing the following you can access manual.html in a folder called Manual that sits in the same file location as the class file you are using.
URL fileURL = this.getClass().getResource("Manual/Manual.htm");I hope this helps.
Andrew.