Hi,

I am new to this stuff but I have managed to get as far as running the phidget reader so that it displays the scanned tag number. I want to make processing launch a particular url depending on what tag is scanned by the FID reader. I think I almost have it but when I run the process it continiously launches new tab in my browser instead of just doing it once. Sorry if this is a silly question but I am really struggling to sort it out. Any help would be much appreciated.

E.

P.S

the below code tends to crash my browser.

import com.phidgets.*;
import com.phidgets.event.*;

RFIDPhidget rfid = null;
PFont font;
String tag = "";

void setupReader() {
  try {
    rfid = new RFIDPhidget();

    rfid.addAttachListener(new AttachListener() {
      public void attached(AttachEvent ae)
      {
        try
        {
          ((RFIDPhidget)ae.getSource()).setAntennaOn(true);
          ((RFIDPhidget)ae.getSource()).setLEDOn(true);
        }
        catch (PhidgetException ex) {
        }
        println("attachment of " + ae);
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.addDetachListener(new DetachListener() {
      public void detached(DetachEvent ae) {
        System.out.println("detachment of " + ae);
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.addErrorListener(new ErrorListener() {
      public void error(ErrorEvent ee) {
        System.out.println("error event for " + ee);
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.addTagGainListener(new TagGainListener()
    {
      public void tagGained(TagGainEvent oe)
      {
        System.out.println(oe);
        tag = oe.getValue();
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.addTagLossListener(new TagLossListener()
    {
      public void tagLost(TagLossEvent oe)
      {
        System.out.println(oe);
        tag = "";
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.addOutputChangeListener(new OutputChangeListener()
    {
      public void outputChanged(OutputChangeEvent oe)
      {
        System.out.println(oe);
      }
    }
    );

    rfid.openAny();
    println("waiting for RFID attachment…");
    rfid.waitForAttachment(1000);

System.out.println("Serial: "
     + rfid.getSerialNumber());
System.out.println("Outputs: "
     + rfid.getOutputCount());

    System.out.println("Outputting events.");
  }
  catch (PhidgetException ex)
  {
    System.out.println(ex);
  }
}

void closeReader() {
  try {
    System.out.print("closing…");
    rfid.close();
    rfid = null;
    System.out.println(" ok");
    if (false) {
      System.out.println("wait for finalization…");
      System.gc();
    }
  }
  catch (PhidgetException ex)
  {
    System.out.println(ex);
  }
}

void setup()
{
  size(400, 100);

  //Don’t forget to create the font in the tools menu above
  font = loadFont("Verdana-20.vlw");
  textFont(font);
  fill(0);
  // setup Reader
  setupReader();

  // close Reader: Should add a button or some other trigger to call this method
  //closeReader();
}

void draw()
{
  background(200);
text("Current Tag:"
  +tag, 50, 50);
 if (tag.equals("0104ff1286")); {
link("http://www.citynodes.freeiz.com/NODE1UPLOADER.php", "_new");
}


}