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Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false

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From	Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject	Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false
Date	Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:53:22 -0000 (UTC)
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Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> wrote:
> On client's machines, the method BasicService.showDocument(java.net.URL)
> returns false (and shows no effect at all), while on our own machines it
> returns true (and does open the requested page).

Found the solution...

The URL on client's machines contained a tilde (~) character, that
we just needed to replace by %7E.  The url we tried "at home" did not
have a tilde-char, thus it worked right-away.

Apparently, the venerable Java 6 didn't yet care about it, but Java 8 does.

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BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-11-17 13:27 +0000
  BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Rick C Hodgin <rickchodginjesus@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 06:54 -0800
    Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 07:00 -0800
      Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 07:39 -0800
        Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 07:48 -0800
          Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 08:05 -0800
            Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 09:00 -0800
              Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 09:32 -0800
                Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 10:01 -0800
                Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 10:19 -0800
                Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 10:53 -0800
                Jesus freak Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2017-11-17 23:17 +0100
                Re: Jesus freak "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 16:14 -0800
                Re: Jesus freak Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-11-19 16:25 +0100
                Re: Jesus freak Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-11-19 16:24 +0000
  Re: BasicService.showDocument(...) returns false Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-11-22 16:53 +0000

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