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Written by Arash Karimzadeh |
| Sunday, 28 June 2009 06:01 |
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Here we will see how we can access a specific directory in XUL application by javascript. There is a service provided by mozilla called "@mozilla.org/file/directory_service".
by using following code you can access the location of Profile Directory of your computer:
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var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"]
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.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIProperties)
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.get("ProfD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile);
var%20file%20%3D%20Components.classes%5B%22%40mozilla.org%2Ffile%2Fdirectory_service%3B1%22%5D%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%20.getService%28Components.interfaces.nsIProperties%29%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%20.get%28%22ProfD%22%2C%20Components.interfaces.nsIFile%29%3B
The "ProfD" means Profile Directory.
You can replace it with other options such as:
Desk
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Desktop directory (e.g. ~/Desktop on Linux, C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop on Windows)
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| AChrom |
%installation%/chrome (e.g. myApp/chrome/)
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UChrm
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%profile%/chrome
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ProfD
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profile directory
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DefProfRt
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user |
DefRt
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%installation%/defaults (e.g. myApp/defaults/) |
| PrfDef |
%installation%/defaults/pref (e.g. myApp/xulrunner/defaults/pref) |
| ProfDefNoLoc |
%installation%/defaults/profile (e.g. myApp/xulrunner/defaults/profile) |
| APlugns |
%installation%/plugins |
| ComsD |
%installation%/components |
| CurProcD |
installation (usually) |
| Home |
OS root (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\username on Windows or /root on Linux) |
| TmpD |
OS tmp (e.g., /tmp) |
| ProfLD |
Local Settings on windows; where the network cache and fastload files are stored |
| resource:app |
application directory in a XULRunner app |
| Progs |
User start menu programs directory (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs) |
*The above examples are for an application called myApp. You can create this project by reading this article.
You can find more other options at xpcom/io/nsAppDirectoryServiceDefs.h and xpcom/io/nsDirectoryServiceDefs.h.
Tags: Chrome | JavaScript | xul
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| Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2009 09:18 |
