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Thread: How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

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    Post How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

    With this code you can open a web browser and navigate to a given URL.

    You can place this in the Main method or in a JButton etc..

    String[] cmd = new String[4];
    cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
    cmd[1] = "/C";
    cmd[2] = "start";
    cmd[3] = "http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com";
    Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);


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    Default Re: How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

    Thanks for this, I always used this

        public static void openBrowser(String URL) {
                String browserPath = "C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe";
                String url = URL;
                	try {
                     		String[] b = {browserPath, url};
                     		Runtime.getRuntime().exec(b);
                		 }
                 		catch (Exception exc) {
              		exc.printStackTrace();
                 		}
    	}
    but it didn't work for people without Mozilla Firefox

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    Default Re: How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

    Link.

    Cause the page was hard to read, here's the code he had.

    package com.centerkey.utils;
     
    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Arrays;
     
    /**
     * <b>Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java</b><br>
     * Utility class to open a web page from a Swing application
     * in the user's default browser.<br>
     * Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista<br>
     * Example Usage:<code><br> &nbsp; &nbsp;
     *    String url = "http://www.google.com/";<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;
     *    BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url);<br></code>
     * Latest Version: <a href="http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/">www.centerkey.com/java/browser</a><br>
     * Author: Dem Pilafian<br>
     * Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like
     * @version 2.0, May 26, 2009
     */
    public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {
     
       static final String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany",
          "seamonkey", "galeon", "kazehakase", "mozilla", "netscape" };
     
       /**
        * Opens the specified web page in a web browser
        * @param url A web address (URL) of a web page (ex: "http://www.google.com/")
        */
       public static void openURL(String url) {
          String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
          try {
             if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
                Class<?> fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
                Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
                   new Class[] {String.class});
                openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] {url});
                }
             else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
             else { //assume Unix or Linux
                boolean found = false;
                for (String browser : browsers)
                   if (!found) {
                      found = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
                         new String[] {"which", browser}).waitFor() == 0;
                      if (found)
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {browser, url});
                      }
                if (!found)
                   throw new Exception(Arrays.toString(browsers));
                }
             }
          catch (Exception e) {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                "Error attempting to launch web browser\n" + e.toString());
             }
          }
     
       }

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    Default Re: How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

    Thank you very much for that

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    Default Re: How to Navigate to a URL with Runtime.getRuntime().exec()

    Quote Originally Posted by helloworld922 View Post
    Link.

    Cause the page was hard to read, here's the code he had.
    package com.centerkey.utils;
     
    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Arrays;
     
    /**
     * <b>Bare Bones Browser Launch for Java</b><br>
     * Utility class to open a web page from a Swing application
     * in the user's default browser.<br>
     * Supports: Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows XP/Vista<br>
     * Example Usage:<code><br> &nbsp; &nbsp;
     *    String url = "http://www.google.com/";<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;
     *    BareBonesBrowserLaunch.openURL(url);<br></code>
     * Latest Version: <a href="http://www.centerkey.com/java/browser/">www.centerkey.com/java/browser</a><br>
     * Author: Dem Pilafian<br>
     * Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like
     * @version 2.0, May 26, 2009
     */
    public class BareBonesBrowserLaunch {
     
       static final String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany",
          "seamonkey", "galeon", "kazehakase", "mozilla", "netscape" };
     
       /**
        * Opens the specified web page in a web browser
        * @param url A web address (URL) of a web page (ex: "http://www.google.com/")
        */
       public static void openURL(String url) {
          String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
          try {
             if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
                Class<?> fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
                Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
                   new Class[] {String.class});
                openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] {url});
                }
             else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
             else { //assume Unix or Linux
                boolean found = false;
                for (String browser : browsers)
                   if (!found) {
                      found = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
                         new String[] {"which", browser}).waitFor() == 0;
                      if (found)
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {browser, url});
                      }
                if (!found)
                   throw new Exception(Arrays.toString(browsers));
                }
             }
          catch (Exception e) {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                "Error attempting to launch web browser\n" + e.toString());
             }
          }
     
       }

    I've always used:
    if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported())
                Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI("www.google.com"));

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