Java Examples - open link in a new window using an Applet
Problem Description:
How to open a link in a new window using Applet?
Solution:
Following example demonstrates how to go open a particular webpage from an applet in a new window using showDocument() with second argument as "_blank" .
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class testURL_NewWindow extends Applet
implements ActionListener{
public void init(){
String link_Text = "google";
Button b = new Button(link_Text);
b.addActionListener(this);
add(b);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
Button source = (Button)ae.getSource();
String link = "http://www."+source.getLabel()+".com";
try {
AppletContext a = getAppletContext();
URL url = new URL(link);
a.showDocument(url,"_blank");
}
catch (MalformedURLException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result in a java enabled web browser.