x86: Sun Studio Express June 2007 and NetBeans Default Browser Not Found (6512279)

The Developer Guide HTML page that is displayed when you first log in as a user describes Getting Started documentation within Sun Studio 12 and NetBeans 5.5 applications as a way to learn about these products. The text on the right-hand side of this HTML page includes:

• Launch Sun Studio Express and follow the Getting Started Tutorial within the IDE

• Launch NetBeans 5.5 and select the Getting Started within the IDE

There are two issues with the above instructions. The issues and workarounds follow:

• The correct name of the Sun Studio document is Quick Start Guide, not Getting Started Tutorial and is found under the Help menu. No workaround is needed for this issue.

• Sun Studio and NetBeans IDEs expect to find Mozilla at /usr/dist/exe/. The Solaris Express Developer Edition includes the Firefox browser and not Mozilla. In order to access the Getting Started documents or any documentation on the internet, both Sun Studio and Netbeans must specify Firefox as the browser to use.

  Workaround: In order to select Firefox as the browser perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the Tools menu item in the application's menu bar and select Options.

  2. A dialog box is displayed with Options as the title. In the General section, search for the following line:

     *Web Browser*: Mozilla

     Click on the right hand arrow following the box containing Mozilla and select Firefox.

  3. Click on the OK box.

  Select the Getting Started document or any internet link within the application to test whether the Firefox browser is used.

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  Note –

  If you do select the Getting Started documentation or other link with Mozilla still set as the browser, you will see a dialog box explaining what to do to correct this problem. Ensure that you use the above instructions instead of the ones in the dialog box.

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