com.metamatrix.toolbox.ui.widget.util
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.toolbox.ui.widget.util.BrowserControl

public class BrowserControl
extends java.lang.Object

BrowserControl is a static class that enables code to invoke the default web browser on the user's machine, either Windows or Unix. Examples:

     BrowserControl.displayURL("http://www.meta-matrix.com");

     BrowserControl.displayURL("file:///c:/myfile.html");

Constructor Summary

BrowserControl()

Method Summary

static void	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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BrowserControl

public BrowserControl()

Method Detail

displayURL

public static void 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