This Applet’s code snippet will open a new browser’s tab and go to the Google website.

getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("http://www.google.com"), "_blank");

You also can redirect user to another page within the same domain

getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL(getCodeBase()+"newpage.html"),"_top");}

Example

This Applet’s example will redirect user to a new URL while the Applet is initialized.

package com.mkyong.applet;
 
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
 
public class AppletExample extends Applet {
 
	public void init() {
 
	   try {
	         getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("http://www.google.com"), "_blank");
	   }
	   catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
	    	System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
	   }
	}
 
	public void paint( Graphics g ) {
 
	   g.drawString("Go Google", 0,100);
	}
 
}
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