I don't suppose I could distribute that file with a non-open source
application? (For use with Netscape 6 which does not provide it)
"Seth Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> zakharin wrote:
>
> > I am writing a program that, among other things, attempts to make sense
of
> > the new Mozilla/Netscape 6 Address Book format. I believe I have figured
out
> > how to parse the information and get what I want, but where do I look to
> > find the Address Book on a user's machine? (and is the location the same
for
> > Netscape 6?)
> >
> > On my Windows 2000 machine the address book is hidden under C:\Documents
and
> > Settings\(my name)\Application Data\Mozilla\Users50\(my
name)\pnz16116.slt.
> > The only reference to this directory isfound in C:\Documents and
> > Settings\(my name)\Application Data\Mozilla\registry.dat, which itself
needs
> > finding even if I am to make sense of its content (which I'm not sure I
> > can).
> >
> > How do I find the abook.mab file on a user's machine?
>
> Are you trying to do this from with in mozilla, or from an external
> application?
>
> I'll assume an external application.
>
> You can use regExport to dump the contents of registry.dat.
>
> regExport is in the same directory as your mozilla binary.
>
> -Seth
>
