How to open an HTML file from an applet both of which are inside a JAR file?

[Shashi Kanta]

Hi,
This question has been asked many times on this site and at some other java resource sites.
Taking help from the replies posted, I have used the getResource() method of the ClassLoader class.
The HTML file is "abc.html"
The url obtained is "loaderresource://Z/CRWSbHlp.html" which the browser cannot display!! The standard error "The page canot be displayed" screen was displayed.
My code is as follows :

try{
ClassLoader cl=this.getClass().getClassLoader();
URL url=cl.getResource("abc.html");
System.out.println("url obtained = "+url); //just for debugging
appletContext.showDocument(url,"newwindow");
}
catch(Exception e){ }

Another method I tried out was with the following code:

try{
String jarName="MYJAR_FILE.jar";
URL url = new URL("jar:file:/" + jarName + "!" + "/" + "abc.html");
System.out.println("url obtained = "+url); //just for debugging
appletContext.showDocument(url,"newwindow");
}
catch(Exception e){ }

Both the outputs of the url in the java console as well as in the url window is :
loaderresource://Z/abc.html

I have tested the code both from a local pc as well as a webserver.
in the case of the web server, the url in the url window is blank, though the url obtained in the java console is the same as above.
I would appreciate if anyone could point out any mistake in my code or offer an alternative.
Thanks,
Shashi
p.s.: sorry for posting this topic in more than one forum, but I needed a solution by all means!!

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