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[rp181]

How can i embed a webpage in a java application? The site is java script (Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!)

I tried searching, but can't find anything. When trying to use Lobo's API, i get a no clientlet found error. I am on 64bit linux, using netbeans.

[Eranga]

If you want to display HTML content in a Java application, use JEditorPane.

[rp181]

It is not purely HTML, but something else (not quite sure, think javascript). It is an interactive map, visit Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world! too see.

The JEditorPane would just strip out the text, right? There is no text on the page at all, and i need to basically have what's in the browser in the java program.

I was look at things at mozswing, JDIC, but all seem incomplete, and/or lack 64bit support.

If i were to use an applet, is there a way to tell the browser what url to show in a frame? For example, if the code was

<iframe src="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=39.1598818&lon=-106.0702515&z=10&l=0&ifr=1&m=b" width="250" height="250" frameborder="0"></iframe>

could i change it to

<iframe src="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=74&lon=-301&z=10&l=0&ifr=1&m=b" width="250" height="250" frameborder="0"></iframe>

from within an applet? If not, how about through java script?

[Eranga]

In the JEdiotorPane you can embedded a web page. Able to added Google site there and navigate basically, in simple words. Did you try anything on that, did you read the Java DOC about that?

[toadaly]

JEditorPane is the only thing I'm aware of in the standard API that gives you a headstart on building whatever browser interaction you want. But, it has severe limitations. It basically only supports HTML, images, and simple sound files out of the box. If you want javascript support, flash, streaming content, silverlight, etc., then JEditorPane is not going to do that. Why not just launch the default browser for that sort of thing?

[rp181]

I tried the JEditorPane. That doesn't support that website. I just get a big blue block, and a bunch of "noscript" tags. It strips out whatever it can render, which is basically nothing on this website.

I would be fine with launching the system's browser, but i need to be able to manipulate the URL. Wikimapia has the longitude and latitude in it's URL, and i need to be able to change those values, and reload the page.

Is it posible to tell a running browser session to do this? I read somewhere that it may be possible, because browsers detect if a session is already running, and if so, tells it to load a page in a new tab.

[Eranga]

As toadaly says, loading scripts on JEditorPane is problematic. I think the best option is start the default browser with the relevant URL you want to execute.