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Page Updated: December 22, 2005 Latest Version: 0.1.375

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ChromeFile

• Constructor
• ChromeFile(aChromePath)
• creates the ChromeFile object and sets the desired chrome url
  
• Accessors
• open();
• open a file handle for reading - readonly.
• close();
• closes the file handle
• exists();
• check to see if a file exists
• read();
• returns the contents of a chrome file
• File attributes
• size;
• returns the file size
• File string manipulation
• chromePath;
• returns the initialized chrome path
• urlPath;
• returns the url path  eg: resource:/chrome/jslib/jslib.xul
  
• localPath;
• returns the local path of the chrome url  eg: /backups/binaries/moz_1.7.12/mozilla/chrome/jslib/jslib.xul
  
• isJarFile
• returns true if the chrome file is inside a jar package
  
• Direct manipulation
• nsIFIle;
• returns an nsIFile object
• File
• returns a jslib File object
• nsIZipReader
• returns an nsIZipReader object
• ZIp
• returns a jslib Zip object
  
• ChromeFile utilities
• copy(aDest);
• copies current file to a destination
• Help!
• help;
• currently dumps a list of available functions

js> include(jslib_chromefile);
0
js> var cf = new ChromeFile("chrome://jslib/content/");
js> cf.chromePath;
chrome://jslib/content/
js> cf.urlPath;
resource:/chrome/jslib/jslib.xul
js> cf.localPath;
/backups/binaries/moz_1.7.12/mozilla/chrome/jslib/jslib.xul
js> cf.size;
1039
js> cf.isJarFile;
false
js> cf.exists();
true
js> cf.nsIFile;
[xpconnect wrapped nsIFile]
js> cf.File;
[object Object]
js> cf.nsIZipReader;
null
js> cf.Zip;
null
js> cf.copy("/tmp/chromeFileCopied.xul");
0
js> cf.open();
0
js> cf.read();
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE  window>

<window
    id="jslib-launcher"
    xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
    xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
    title="Launch jsLib"
    onload="launchSplash();">

<script type="application/x-javascript">
<![CDATA[

jslib.init(this);
include(jslib_window);

function launchSplash ()
{
  if (window.arguments && window.arguments[0] != "") {
    var relPath = window.arguments[0];

    switch (relPath)
    {
      case "about":
      relPath = "jslib/content/aboutDialog.xul";
      break;

      case "version":
      jslibLaunchSplash();
      return closeWin();
    }

    var win = new CommonWindow(JS_LIB_PATH+relPath, 350, 300);
    win.position = JS_MIDDLE_CENTER;
    win.open();
  } else {
    jslibLaunchSplash();
  }

  closeWin();
}

function closeWin ()
{
  if (content || _content ) return;

  setTimeout("close()", 1000);
}

]]>
</script>

<vbox id="appcontent" flex="100%">
  <description>          </description>
</vbox>

</window>

js> cf.close();
0
js> quit();