misim.util
Class BrowserControl
java.lang.Object
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+--misim.util.BrowserControl
- public class BrowserControl
- extends java.lang.Object
A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.
Under Unix, the system browser is hard-coded to be 'netscape'.
Netscape must be in your PATH for this to work. This has been
tested with the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris.
Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser under windows,
usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is
determined by the OS. This has been tested under Windows 95/98/NT.
Examples:
BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.javaworld.com")
BrowserControl.displayURL("file://c:\\docs\\index.html")
BrowserContorl.displayURL("file:///user/joe/index.html");
Note - you must include the url type -- either "http://" or
"file://".
Method Summary |
static java.lang.String |
displayURL(java.lang.String url)
Display a file in the system browser. |
static boolean |
isWindowsPlatform()
Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows
or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property. |
static void |
setApplet(java.applet.Applet anApplet)
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static void |
setBrowser(java.lang.String browserName)
Set the browser name for unix systems |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
BrowserControl
public BrowserControl()
setBrowser
public static void setBrowser(java.lang.String browserName)
- Set the browser name for unix systems
- Parameters:
browserName
- The browser command (ie. netscape or mozilla)
setApplet
public static void setApplet(java.applet.Applet anApplet)
displayURL
public static java.lang.String displayURL(java.lang.String url)
- Display a file in the system browser. If you want to display a
file, you must include the absolute path name.
- Parameters:
url
- the file's url (the url must start with either
"http://" or "file://").
isWindowsPlatform
public static boolean isWindowsPlatform()
- Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows
or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
- Returns:
- true if this application is running under a Windows OS