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This post is similar to this post, but not exactly, so I’m asking this question.
How does one go about, From a Java WebStart app:
launch a new browser window with a target URL?
bring an existing browser window into
focus with a target URL?
Is the solution OS/platform independent? Does it matter which browser you’re talking to?
See @R. Bemrose answer, with the caveat that it is not clear whether
showDocumentwill or will not always open a new browser window.The solution is notionally OS/platform/browser independent, but the behavior may be OS/platform/browser specific. As you should expect. We are talking about interactions with components that are not implemented by Sun and that don’t conform to any relevant API standards.
Another issue is that your code may want to open a new browser window, or load into an existing one, but the ultimate decision should rest with the user via his/her browser preferences. We are talking about (potentially) unwanted popups here … the kind of things that many users find intensely annoying.