When I try to launch, I get only a console...

[Phil]

Hi, I've just tried using BrowserLauncher2-10rc1.jar, but all I get when I try to launch the browser is a console window.
I'm using java 1.4.2, Windoze XP Pro (SP1), Mozilla 1.7.7 (default browser).

Here's a snippet of my code:

    private static void runBrowserHelp(BrowserLauncherErrorHandler errorHandler)
        throws BrowserLaunchingInitializingException, UnsupportedOperatingSystemException
    {
        BrowserLauncher launcher = new BrowserLauncher();
        BrowserLauncherRunner runner = new BrowserLauncherRunner(launcher, "file:///C:\\Help.html", errorHandler);
        Thread launcherThread = new Thread(runner);
        launcherThread.start();
    }

I've tried urls like google.com, local files, etc, but all do the same thing. I get no exceptions.
Is there something obvious I'm missing?
Thanks, Phil

[Jeff Chapman]

Try the new release (rc2). I think the problem with Windows XP has been fixed.

[Nirav Shah]

I don't believe this has been fixed in BrowserLauncher2-10rc2.jar.
It seems to have problems launching from file:// URLs
especially when there are special characters.

Here is an example URL that does not work:

file:/C:/Program%20Files/My%20Application%20Folder/help/index.html#<id=1>>java=true

[Thomas Aglassinger]

Make sure  the URL you pass is actually valid.

If you use file://..., try something like this:

File file = new File("C:\\...");
URL fileURL = file.toURL();

It might be helpful to add a constructor where the "url" parameter is of class URL instead of String:

BrowserLauncherRunner(BrowserLauncher launcher, URL url, BrowserLauncherErrorHandler errorHandler)

Thomas.

[Laird Nelson]

Hello; I believe this is still an issue.  I am on Windows XP with Firefox as my default browser.  It occurs even when I'm using http:// as a prefix with a valid URL string as produced by the much-more-rigorous URI class.