1 /*
2 * $Header: /cvsroot/jdbforms/dbforms/src/org/dbforms/devgui/BrowserTool.java,v 1.7 2004/08/18 12:25:57 hkollmann Exp $
3 * $Revision: 1.7 $
4 * $Date: 2004/08/18 12:25:57 $
5 *
6 * DbForms - a Rapid Application Development Framework
7 * Copyright (C) 2001 Joachim Peer <joepeer@excite.com>
8 *
9 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
11 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
12 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
13 *
14 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
17 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
18 *
19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
20 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
21 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
22 */
23
24 package org.dbforms.devgui;
25
26 import java.io.*;
27
28
29
30 /***
31 * #fixme: code is kindof dirty..
32 */
33 public class BrowserTool {
34 /***
35 * DOCUMENT ME!
36 *
37 * @param anURL DOCUMENT ME!
38 *
39 * @throws IOException DOCUMENT ME!
40 */
41 public static void openURL(String anURL) throws IOException {
42 if (anURL.startsWith("http://") || anURL.startsWith("https://")) {
43 // WIN32
44 String osName = System.getProperties()
45 .getProperty("os.name")
46 .toLowerCase();
47 System.out.println("os=" + osName);
48
49 if (osName.startsWith("win")) {
50 System.out.println("cmd /c start " + anURL);
51 Runtime.getRuntime()
52 .exec("cmd /c start " + anURL);
53 }
54 // UNIX, LINUX, MAC
55 else {
56 System.out.println("netscape " + anURL);
57 Runtime.getRuntime()
58 .exec("netscape " + anURL);
59 }
60 } else {
61 throw new IOException("Protocol should be either http or https.");
62 }
63 }
64 }