BrowserControl

Documentation of 'tig.BrowserControl' Java class BrowserControl

```
public class BrowserControl
extends java.lang.Object
```
A simple, static class to display a URL in the system browser.

By Steven Spencer, found at http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/f_jw-javatip66.html.
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, 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://".

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`BrowserControl()`

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`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.
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)` Simple example for standalone use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Class BrowserControl