PS Ive tried using just the file references as you suggest
Ive opened the test xul file via Mozilla's open file option but even
though I get the Internet Security dialog box asking me to allow enhanced
priviliges and accept, setting the event's screenX or screenY property
still fails
Can you confirm that Mozilla should be able to set these javascript
attributes/properties as follows
function mousedowns(event)
{
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserWrite");
alert("before"+event.screenX)
event.screenX=event.screenX+1
alert("after"+event.screenX)
}