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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 JavaDoc anURL) throws IOException {
42       if (anURL.startsWith("http://") || anURL.startsWith("https://")) {
43          // WIN32
44 String JavaDoc 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 }
65
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