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JLabel Link: Open Browser Form Swing GUI By Clicking On Link

06.17.2011

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        // Opens a browser on a specific site when clicking on the JLabel

                link = new JLabel(" Click here to find the PUID          \n");
		link.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
		link.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
		   public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
		      if (e.getClickCount() > 0) {
		    	  if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
		                Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
		                try {
		                		URI uri = new URI("http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/Format/proFormatSearch.aspx?status=new");
		                        desktop.browse(uri);
		                } catch (IOException ex) {
		                        // do nothing
		                } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
							//do nothing
						}
		        } else {
		               //do nothing
		        }

		      }
		   }
		});

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