net.sourceforge.ganttproject.util
Class BrowserControl
java.lang.Object
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+--net.sourceforge.ganttproject.util.BrowserControl
- public class BrowserControl
- extends java.lang.Object
A simple, static class to display an URL in the system browser.
Under Windows, this will bring up the default browser,
usually either Netscape or Microsoft IE. The default browser is
determined by the OS. This has been tested under: Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
Under MacOS, this will bring up the default browser.
The default browser is determined by the OS.
This has been tested under: n/a
In other cases (and 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.
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 boolean |
displayURL(java.lang.String url)
Display an URL in the system browser. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
BrowserControl
public BrowserControl()
displayURL
public static boolean displayURL(java.lang.String url)
- Display an URL in the system browser. If you want to display a
file, you must include the absolute path name.
- Parameters:
url
- the document's url (the url must start with either "http://"
or "file://").
Copyright © 2002 Alexandre THOMAS.