Re: Javascript running "under XUL" and add-on owner

Le 22/08/2012 03:31, reverendlinux a écrit :
> On Aug 21, 7:11 pm, Y a Personne <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Le 22/08/2012 02:02, Yves Dolce a écrit :
>>
>>> And:
>>> 3. Can an executable be launched from an add-on?
>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Yes, but Mozilla not like this function
>
> Really?  How?
>


With XPCom.

This code start the calculator on Windows



const Cc = Components.classes;
const Ci = Components.interfaces;


var aFile = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsILocalFile);

aFile.initWithPath('C:\\windows\\system32\\calc.exe');

aFile.launch();