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Bug 12445 - Using Netscape 4.72 as External Browser (Windows) causes two windows to be opened
Summary: Using Netscape 4.72 as External Browser (Windows) causes two windows to be op...
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Extbrowser (show other bugs)
Version: -FFJ-
Hardware: PC Windows 3.1/NT
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: _ rkubacki
URL:
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Depends on:
Blocks: 19506
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Reported: 2001-05-26 03:33 UTC by Jason Rush
Modified: 2003-02-03 01:10 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Patch that uses last active window when browser is just started (3.01 KB, patch)
2002-09-05 09:50 UTC, _ rkubacki 		Details | Diff
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Description Jason Rush 2001-05-26 03:33:23 UTC 
When using Netscape 4.7x with the External Browser (Windows) object, it causes 
two browser windows to be opened when the browser is started from the IDE.  The 
first browser window will show the default Netscape homepage and the second 
window will show the URL/HTML page from the IDE.

This behavior is different than Internet Explorer which only opens one window, 
and it would be nice to see the behavior consistent in different browser types.
Comment 1 Jan Chalupa 2001-11-27 12:33:47 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Comment 3 randahl 2002-09-05 09:10:32 UTC 
Runing either Windows 2000 or Windows XP I get the exact 
same error with NetBeans 3.4. When I hit Alt+F1 in the 
source editor on a class name it opens two Internet 
Explorer windows - one with my default home page and one 
with my javadoc. My current work-around is to use the 
built in Swing browser instead of the "External Browser 
(Windows)" setting. On a mailing list I was told that 
changing the settings to "External Browser (command line)" 
fixes the problem, however I have not been able to 
reproduce this.
Comment 4 _ rkubacki 2002-09-05 09:50:33 UTC 
Created attachment 7322 [details]
Patch that uses last active window when browser is just started
Comment 5 _ rkubacki 2002-09-05 09:52:39 UTC 
Attached patch that should use last active window rather then create
new one when browser is started. I need to test it before commiting.
Comment 6 _ rkubacki 2002-10-04 15:53:42 UTC 
I've modified the patch and commited
Comment 7 Jason Rush 2003-02-03 01:10:20 UTC 
Verified in NetBeans dev build 200301310100.