//
//  goURL.java - created April 1997
//               revised March 1998
//
//  Michael S. Shipp 
//  mkshp@ionet.net
//
//  Gathers website names and urls from applet parameter tags  
//  and inserts them into a choice box.  From there, a user
//  may chose which site they would like to view.  goURL automatically
//  takes them there.
//
//  goURL.java comes "AS IS".  

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.net.*;


public class goURL extends Applet
{
  
    Choice page;
    
    String webpage,
	   pageURL;
   
    String[] holdPage;   	
    String[] holdURL;
    
    int    NUMBER_OF_URLS = 256;	
    int i;	
	
  public void init()
  {
         
      page = new Choice();  
      holdPage = new String[NUMBER_OF_URLS];  
      holdURL = new  String[NUMBER_OF_URLS];
	

	
      for(i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_URLS; i++)
      {		   
         webpage=getParameter("page" + i);
         pageURL=getParameter("url" + i);                   
	  
	 if((webpage == null) || (pageURL == null)) break;
		  
         holdPage[i] = webpage;
         holdURL[i] = pageURL;
		
         page.addItem(holdPage[i]);
            
  		     
      }
      add(page);
 }
 
 public boolean action(Event e, Object obj)
  {

   int temp;

   if(e.target.equals(page))
     {
        temp = page.getSelectedIndex();
		
	  try
	   { 
              URL u = new URL(holdURL[temp]);       
	      getAppletContext().showDocument(u);
           }// End try statement
           catch(MalformedURLException ex)
	   {
              System.err.println(ex);
	   }// End catch statement
	
     }// End of if statement
     return true;
  }  //end of action	 
}// End goURL