title: How to open a web page when geoserver is ready
body: <p>I have Geoserver startup.bat file that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@echo off
  rem -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem Startup Script for GeoServer
  rem -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  cls
  echo Welcome to GeoServer!
  echo.
  set error=0
  
  rem JAVA_HOME not defined
  if "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto noJava
  
  rem JAVA_HOME defined incorrectly
  if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto badJava
  
  echo JAVA_HOME: %JAVA_HOME%
  echo.
  
  rem GEOSERVER_HOME not defined
  if "%GEOSERVER_HOME%" == "" goto noHome
  
  rem GEOSERVER_HOME defined incorrectly
  if not exist "%GEOSERVER_HOME%\bin\startup.bat" goto badHome
  
  goto checkDataDir
  
  :noJava
    echo The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined.
  goto JavaFail
  
  :badJava
    echo The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly.
  goto JavaFail
  
  :JavaFail
    echo This environment variable is needed to run this program.
    echo.
    echo Set this environment variable via the following command:
    echo    set JAVA_HOME=[path to Java]
    echo Example:
    echo    set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk6
    echo.
    set error=1
  goto end
  
  
  :noHome
    if exist ..\start.jar goto noHomeOK
    echo The GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable is not defined.
  goto HomeFail
  
  :badHome
    if exist ..\start.jar goto badHomeOK
    echo The GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly.
  goto HomeFail
  
  :HomeFail
    echo This environment variable is needed to run this program.
    echo.
    echo Set this environment variable via the following command:
    echo    set GEOSERVER_HOME=[path to GeoServer]
    echo Example:
    echo    set GEOSERVER_HOME=C:\Program Files\GeoServer
    echo.
    set error=1
  goto end
  
  
  :noHomeOK
    echo The GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable is not defined.
  goto setHome
  
  :badHomeOK
    echo The GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly.
  goto setHome
  
  :setHome
    echo Temporarily setting GEOSERVER_HOME to the following directory:
    cd ..
    set GEOSERVER_HOME=%CD%
    echo %GEOSERVER_HOME%
    echo.
  goto checkDataDir
  
  
  :checkDataDir
    rem GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR not defined
    if "%GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR%" == "" goto noDataDir
    goto run
  
  :noDataDir
    rem if GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR is not defined then use GEOSERVER_HOME/data_dir/
    if exist "%GEOSERVER_HOME%\data_dir" goto setDataDir
    echo No valid GeoServer data directory could be located.
    echo Please set the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR environment variable.
    echo.
    echo Set this environment variable via the following command:
    echo    set GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=[path to data_dir]
    echo Example:
    echo    set GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=C:\Program Files\GeoServer\data_dir
    echo.
    set error=1
  goto end
  
  :setDataDir
    set GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=%GEOSERVER_HOME%\data_dir
    echo The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR environment variable is not defined correctly.
    echo Temporarily setting GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the following directory:
    echo %GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR%
    echo.
  goto run
  
  
  :run
    set RUN_JAVA=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java
    cd %GEOSERVER_HOME%
    echo Please wait while loading GeoServer...
    echo.
    "%RUN_JAVA%" -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR="%GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR%" -Djava.awt.headless=true -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=geoserver -jar start.jar
    cd bin
  goto end
  
  
  :end
    if %error% == 1 echo Startup of GeoServer was unsuccessful. 
    echo.
    pause
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need to open a web page once Geoserver is up and running. I'm not familiar with batch scripting and all my attemps have failed so far. I know I need to call start "www" "web page adress" but have no idea where in the code I should put this piece.
  Any help appreciated.</p>