web browser project

[harshada patil]

i'm creating web browser in swing,, bt getting difficulty as wb dosen't displays web pages written in lang/scripts other dn html...
i' m using setPage method of editorPane 4 it

[Bear Bibeault]

Please use real words when posting to the forums. Abbreviations such as "bt" in place of "but" and "dn" in place of I-dont-know-what only serve to make your posts more difficult to read and less likely to generate useful responses.

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[Rob Spoor]

JEditorPane is hopelessly outdated as far as HTML support goes. It can only handle HTML 3.2. You'd better try a third party library like Lobo.

[harshada patil]

thanks for your reply Rob
if possible please provide me useful links..

[Ulf Dittmer]

You'll find Lobo on SourceForge.

[harshada patil]

i'm not getting exact way to download lobo library

[Ulf Dittmer]

That's odd, the first link I get when I google for "lobo site:sourceforge.net" is called "Download Lobo - Java Web Browser". What are you getting?

[harshada patil]

i want to download lobo browser api/ library.. not jar file of lobo browser

[Ulf Dittmer]

I see: you assumed that there was a difference between the two - but there isn't, it's the same project. "Lobo" is the name of the browser, and "Cobra" is the name of the library Lobo is built on.

[harshada patil]

ya, i kow n now i got api of lobo.. bt as i'm running the program written below with netbeans,, it is not working..not showing anything at all

import org.lobobrowser.gui.*;
import org.lobobrowser.main.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class LoboTestFrame extends JFrame {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		// This optional step initializes logging so only warnings are printed out.
		PlatformInit.getInstance().initLogging(false);

		// This step is necessary for extensions to work:
		PlatformInit.getInstance().init(false, false);

		// Create frame with a specific size.
		JFrame frame = new LoboTestFrame();
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setSize(600, 400);
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}

	public LoboTestFrame() throws Exception {
		FramePanel framePanel = new FramePanel();
		this.getContentPane().add(framePanel);
		framePanel.navigate("http://lobobrowser.org/browser/home.jsp");
	}
}

[Rob Spoor]

1) UseRealWords. Not "n" or "bt" but "and" and "but".

2) UseCodeTags.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Can you access that URL in your browser?

[harshada patil]

@ulf i'n not getting your question

[Ulf Dittmer]

What I mean is: Have you copied that URL to your web browser to see whether you can access it? If you have code that is supposed to display the contents of an URL -but doesn't- then one of the possibilities is that the URL is invalid; this test helps you confirm or reject that possibility.

[harshada patil]

@ulf url was correct....bt please tell me,, i'm using lobo api but if we try to see websites such as facebook.. the view is not proper and also notcomplete

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'm not surprised; the Lobo home page states that JavaScript, CSS and DOM are not implemented fully, so any site that pushes the envelope on that is bound not to work correctly.

[harshada patil]

okay.. then what should i do now.. what other api are availlable?? as this is my final year project.. i need to implement something

[Ulf Dittmer]

Creating a fully functioning web browser in Java that handles all web sites is a student project? That's insane. A modern web browser incorporates hundreds of person-years of work; how do you propose to duplicate that effort by yourself?

[harshada patil]

whatever you are saying is correct..but from your point of view..what is the maximum that i can try

[Ulf Dittmer]

No idea, since we don't know what the scope of your project is supposed to be. You won't be creating a browser that is on a par with Firefox or IE, that's for sure.
What did your adviser say about the idea - did he think you could do it? Regardless, ask him for alternative ideas.

[harshada patil]

ya they want us to do something..not necessarily complete browser..
n another project..we can try is Media Player