Create a URL pointing to C:\

chisser98

Senior Newbie

Java games rock!

Create a URL pointing to C:\

« Posted 2004-04-26 02:59:07 »

Hey all!

How would I go about creating a URL that references to html files on my hard-drive? I've tried to create a new URL object and sending the constructor strings like "file://C:/test.html", "file://C:\test.html", and "c:\test.html" but none of them seem to work.

Heres the

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package CarringtonPlace.Help;
import CarringtonPlace.IView.IBEIView;
import CarringtonPlace.Model.HelpBook;
import CarringtonPlace.Model.Constants;

import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JSplitPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

import javax.swing.JTree;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
import javax.swing.tree.TreeSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.event.TreeSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TreeSelectionListener;

import java.io.File;

import java.net.URL;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;


/**
 * <p>Title: </p>
 * <p>Description: </p>
 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004</p>
 * <p>Company: </p>
 * @author not attributable
 * @version 1.0
 */

public class HelpHTMLPane extends JEditorPane implements IBEIView
{  private HelpBook model;

   private URL helpURL;

   public HelpHTMLPane(HelpBook theModel) 
   {  super();
      this.model = theModel;
      
      this.initializeHelp();
      
      
      this.model.addView(this);
   }
   
   private void initializeHelp() 
   {  //String s = "http://www.icebreakersentertainment.com";
      //String s = "file://" + Constants.HELP_PATH + "test.html";
      //String s = "test.html";
      String s = "file://C:/test.html";
      //System.out.println(s);
      
      try
      {  this.helpURL = new URL(s);
      } catch (Exception e)
      {  System.err.println("Could not parse URL address.");
      }
      
      //this.helpURL = HelpHTMLPane.class.getResource("Main.html");
      if (helpURL == null) 
      {  System.err.println("Couldn't open help file: " + s);
      } else 
      {  System.out.println("Help URL is " + this.helpURL);
      }
      
      this.displayURL(helpURL);
   }
   
   private void displayURL(URL url) 
   {  try 
      {  if (url != null) 
         {  this.setPage(url);
         } else 
         {  //null url
            this.setText("File Not Found");
            System.out.println("Attempted to display a null URL.");
         }
      } catch (IOException e) 
      {  System.err.println("Attempted to read a bad URL: " + url);
      }
   }

   
   public void updateView()
   {
   }
   
   public void updateColors()
   {
   }

}

I'd appreciate any input on this!

Thx,

Jarrett
aka. Chisser98

chisser98

Senior Newbie

Java games rock!

Re: Create a URL pointing to C:\

« Reply #1 - Posted 2004-04-26 03:15:00 »

OHH MANN....I just figured it out. Its one of those things that when you've got it you want to rip your hair out and scream "Gimme a break!".

All I need to do was change "file://c:/test.html" to "file:///c:/test.html" ! I needed an extra "/" after the "file://"......ohhhh maann...lol!

I hope this helps someone else if they have this problem!

Regards,
Jarrett
aka. Chisser98

chisser98

Senior Newbie

Java games rock!

Re: Create a URL pointing to C:\

« Reply #3 - Posted 2004-04-26 16:19:31 »

Ahh ok. That makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.

Regards,
Jarrett
aka. Chisser98