Re: XPCOM

RL,
You really shouldn't cross post.  It is something that most people hate.

see http://www.mozilla.org/community.html

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Doug Turner
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RL Clippard wrote:
> Does anyone have a sample C++ program that uses XPCOM to access a Netscape
> service (specifically "@mozilla.org/rdf/datasource;1?name=window-mediator").
> I need access to the current window of the top-most (active) Netscape
> browser so I can tell it to go to another URL. I had initially tried this
> via the DDE interface but there seems to be some problems with the Netscape
> 6 DDE implementation.
> 
> I have a basic question - do I have to tell XPCOM where to go to get its
> components? Does "NS_InitXPCOM2(nsnull, nsnull, nsnull)" 'know' where to go
> or do I have to tell it?
> 
> //-nsLocalFile
>  nsCOMPtr<nsILocalFile> componentPath=0;
>  componentPath = do_CreateInstance(NS_LOCAL_FILE_CONTRACTID,&nsResult);
> 
>  const char *path = "C:\\Program Files\\Netscape\\Netscape 6";
>  nsResult = componentPath->InitWithPath(path);
> 
>  PRBool isDirectory;
>  nsResult = componentPath->IsDirectory(&isDirectory);
>  printf("%s ---<%s>--- a directory\n",path,isDirectory?"IS":"IS NOT");
> 
> //-initXPCOM
> // nsResult = NS_InitXPCOM2(nsnull, nsnull, nsnull);
> // Fails (works if I comment out do_CreateInstance?)
>  nsIServiceManager *serviceManager=0;
>  nsResult = NS_InitXPCOM2(&serviceManager, componentPath, nsnull);
> // Fails
> 
> 
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