How to make hyperlink to openup in browser and e-mail link in e-mail client

I have one requirement to put a website address and e-mail address in a dialog, showing them like hyperlinks.

Say like adding hyperlink in JLabel.
1. new JLabel("<html><A href="+"http://www.javaranch.com" +">"+"http://www.javaranch.com"+ "</A></html>");

2. new JLabel("<html><A href="+"support@somemail.com" +">"+"support@somemail.com"+ "</A></html>");

In 1) when we click on hyper link it should open up website in clients default browser.
I would be able to do this by adding label to a button or just hyperlink text to button and writing code in actionPerformed method.

Is there any other easy way in API.

In 2) When clicked on e-mail hyperlink, it should open up in e-mail client, showing e-mail in to field of e-mail client.
For example, it should open up outlook and it should be like new message with to field filled with "support@somemail.com ".

Hint: Goto START->RUN-> type in run field "msimn.exe support@somemail.com"
This works if you have outlook installed in your system. But it opens outlook, not the new message with TO field filled with e-mail address mentioned.

I don't know how to implement this in code for my swing application.

Can any body know how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Raja,

Check out the javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent class. It will give you a URL you can use to execute a command on the command line.

Darrin