scone.util
Class BrowserControl

java.lang.Object
  scone.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/2000/XP. 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://".

Constructor Summary

BrowserControl()

Method Summary

static void	ClearIECache() Clear the cache of the Windows Internet Explorer
static void	ClearIEHistory() Clear the history of the Windows Internet Explorer
static void	displayMailer(java.lang.String address) Brings up the default mailer with the given address in the "to:" field.
static void	displayURL(java.lang.String url) Display a file in the system browser.
static boolean	isMacOS() Try to determine whether this application is running under MacOS or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static boolean	isWindows() Try to determine whether this application is running under Windows or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.
static void	StartIE(java.lang.String url) Start the Windows Internet Explorer

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)
                       throws java.io.IOException

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://").

Throws:

java.io.IOException

ClearIEHistory

public static void ClearIEHistory()
                           throws java.io.IOException

Clear the history of the Windows Internet Explorer

Throws:

java.io.IOException

ClearIECache

public static void ClearIECache()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Clear the cache of the Windows Internet Explorer

Throws:

java.io.IOException

StartIE

public static void StartIE(java.lang.String url)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Start the Windows Internet Explorer

Throws:

java.io.IOException

displayMailer

public static void displayMailer(java.lang.String address)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Brings up the default mailer with the given address in the "to:" field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

isWindows

public static boolean isWindows()

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

isMacOS

public static boolean isMacOS()

Try to determine whether this application is running under MacOS or some other platform by examing the "os.name" property.

Returns:

true if this application is running under a MacOS