Opening HTML

Question

Im writing a java application which creates HTML files which can be viewed and printed out by users.
Once I have created the files though, I need them to automatically load up in the default browser (it can be for only IE). Im just not sure how to do this. Any ideas,
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

hi,
you could shell out a command to launch the html in ie, like:
class helpAction extends AbstractAction {
          //  Constructor
          helpAction(String name, String tooltip) {
               super(name);
               if(tooltip != null) {
                    putValue(SHORT_DESCRIPTION, tooltip);
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
               try {
                    Properties systemProps = System.getProperties();
                    String osVersion = systemProps.getProperty("os.name");
                   if (osVersion.equals("Windows 98"))     {               
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("start \"helpFi~1/helpIndex.htm\"");
                    else if (osVersion.equals("Windows 95"))     {               
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("start \"helpFi~1/helpIndex.htm\"");
                    else {
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c start helpFiles/helpIndex.htm");
               }catch(IOException err) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog((Component)e.getSource(), "Help File Not Found!", "ERROR!", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE, new ImageIcon("questionmark.gif"));
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "start \"helpFi~1/helpIndex.htm\"");
     here for example clicking a button would launch the default browser, ie lets says, and display help.html.