Opening an URL with request parameters in IE using Java Runtime class

Question

I've a code block to open a given URL in default browser. I've problem opening URLs with parameters in IE, When the default browser is FireFox it works fine, but it seems that IE is removing those parameters!!! Any other way to solve this problem?

Code I am using is:

 Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler \"" + url + "\"");

I've problem with URLs like "...test.html?param1=val1&param2=val2" in IE

Thanks,

Rakesh.A

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-27 12:18:00Z

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If using Java 1.6, try the following instead:

Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url))

This (java.awt.Desktop#browse(..)) is a platform independent way of opening the default browser.

answered Jul 27, 2010 at 12:18

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Sean Patrick Floyd Over a year ago

in fact, if you're not using 1.6, start using it. It's been out for 4 years or so. :-) oh, btw, +1

Rakesh A Over a year ago

I tried to use Desktop with no success, as far as I can understand its the IE which is removing [or not accepting] parameters!

Rakesh A Over a year ago

I tested it on IE7 on Windows XP!

i_am_jorf · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-27 15:50:19Z

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You probably need to escape / encode url in some way. The & character has special meaning for the command interpreter. Or do what they other guys say and don't use rundll32 for this menial task. How did you even think to try doing it that way? It's not a good way.

answered Jul 27, 2010 at 15:50

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Rakesh A Over a year ago

Escaping didn't worked, I wanted to use JDK5 thats why I didn't opted for Desktop class!

Rakesh A · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-11 13:24:20Z

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Thanks for the suggestions, I solved it in a different way. I created a JavaScript file with the values of parameters and used it in the HTML file, might not be a clean solution, but worked for me :)

answered Nov 11, 2012 at 13:24

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