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Wajih
Wajih

Reputation: 229

Execute .jar file with a Mozilla extension

I have looked at the following questions that were answered here:

How to open file in Mozilla Add-on SDK using system default application

How can I open an external app from Firefox addon? (Eg: default text editor)

Perfom a ShellExecute from Firefox Addon

yet none of these solutions have worked for me and I feel the problem may be deeper than I originally thought. Essentially I am trying to launch a .jar executable with a Mozilla add-on extension. My code looks like the following:

var buttons = require('sdk/ui/button/action');

var button = buttons.ActionButton({
  id: "execute-jar",
  label: "Download Report",
  icon: {
    "16": "./icon-16.png",
    "32": "./icon-32.png",
    "64": "./icon-64.png"
  },
  onClick: handleClick
});



function handleClick(state) {
    // try {
        // var file = Services.dirsvc.get("Desk", Ci.nsIFile);
        // file.append("C:\Users\QaziWa\DownloadReportPPE.jar");
        // file.launch();
    // }
    // catch (ex) {
        // console.error("failure");
      // Failed to launch because e.g. the OS returned an error
      // or the file does not exist,
      // or this function is simply not implemented for a particular platform.
    // }

    let {Cc, Ci} = require('chrome');
    var file = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsILocalFile);
    file.initWithPath("C:\Users\QaziWa\DownloadReportPPE.jar");
    console.log(file);
    if(file.exists()){
        file.reveal();
        file.launch();
    }
    else {
        console.log('Failed.');
    }
}

For some odd reason my .jar file is not detected and I can't understand why. I was hoping someone could offer any input as to why this may be.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 364

Answers (1)

Noitidart
Noitidart

Reputation: 37238

Change

file.initWithPath("C:\Users\QaziWa\DownloadReportPPE.jar");

to

file.initWithPath("C:\\Users\\QaziWa\\DownloadReportPPE.jar");

Need to escape those slashes ;)

Upvotes: 1

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