public static boolean showDocument(String urlstring){
		try{
			URL url = new URL(urlstring);

			return showDocument(url);
		} catch (MalformedURLException e){
			logger.warn("malformed URL {}", urlstring, e);
			return false;
		}
	}
public static boolean showDocument ( String urlstring ) { try { URL url = new URL ( urlstring ) ; return showDocument ( url ) ; } catch ( MalformedURLException e ) { logger . warn ( "malformed URL {}" , urlstring , e ) ; return false ; } }
open a URL in the browser that was used to launch SPICE

@param urlstring string represntation of URL to be opened
@return true if this was successfull