Re: winreg.setRootKey is not a function

The code looks ok AFAICT, we use exactly the same stuff in the Mozilla
installer. For example
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/xpinstall/packager/windows/mail.jst#295

-Dan Veditz

Jonathan Morris wrote:
> The following code is giving the above error. This is Mozilla 1.1 on Win2K. The code is a clone of the
> example at http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/xpinstall/example9.html#998204
> 
> Help, please? Thanks.
> 
> <><><>
> 
> // figure out if/where tomcat is installed based on version
> // returns the path or null
> 
> function getTomcatBaseline(version){
> 
>    // can't use a double backslash before subkey - windows already puts it in.
>    var subkey;        // the name of the subkey you are poking around in
>    var winreg = getWinRegistry();
> 
>    if (winreg != null) {
>      // where in the registry to look
>      winreg.setRootKey(winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE);
>      if (version == "4.0")
>        subkey  = "SOFTWARE\\Apache\\Apache Tomcat 4.0";
>      else
>        subkey  = "SOFTWARE\\Apache Group\\Tomcat\\4.1";
> 
>      // see what we can find
>      return winreg.getValueString(subkey, ""); // chris says this will work for default
>    } else {
>      alert("Only works on windows for starters... sorry.");
>      return null;
>    }
> }
>