launching URL in new browser window

[Medha kamat]

Hi
Can anybody out there tell me how to open URL in new browser window from java application?
I am using Runtime.getRuntime().exec with rundll32 but this opens a URL in existing window.
Thanks
Medha Kamat

[Phil Chuang]

You'll probably find it a lot easier to open a new window on the client side of things (IE use HTML to do it instead of your app)
In the A HREF link, add the param TARGET="_blank" and that will open a new window, and have the HREF point to the servlet or whichever you wanted in a new window.

[Medha kamat]

HI
Thanks for the reply.
Well i know i can open a new window on client side.I know javascript very well.But what i am tying to do here is very different.
I have swing component (not an applet).When user clicks on menu item user should get a new browser window.Java objects create HTML which should be opened in this window.So i want this to happen from within application.
Problem with Runtime.getRuntime().exec is it opens a browser window if none is open.But if browser window is open then it tries to display my HTML in a opened browser window.That not a good scenario as user might be browsing some important information from my system and it would get lost.
What i want is this HTML should always opened in a new window.
Any ideas or workaround...???Any other solution?

Thanks
Medha

[Phil Chuang]

I think this is an IE issue (i'm assuming you're using IE).
Open IE, tools->internet options->advanced tab
under the browsing category,
uncheck the box that says "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" , and then try your program again.

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[Stan James]

When you exec to RunDLL32 with an HTML file argument, it works exactly as if you had clicked on the file in Windows Explorer, or even typed the name in a command window. URL arguments work the same way.
You could instead exec the Internet Explorer executable which should always open a new browser. Mine is at "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" Add the URL as an argument (I think).
This is trickier if you want it to run on other people's PCs - they may have different versions of IE in different locations, or Netscape or Opera or some other browser. Can you get the default browser from the registry and exec that?