RL, You really shouldn't cross post. It is something that most people hate.
see http://www.mozilla.org/community.html -- Doug Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] RL Clippard wrote: > Does anyone have a sample C++ program that uses XPCOM to access a Netscape > service (specifically "@mozilla.org/rdf/datasource;1?name=window-mediator"). > I need access to the current window of the top-most (active) Netscape > browser so I can tell it to go to another URL. I had initially tried this > via the DDE interface but there seems to be some problems with the Netscape > 6 DDE implementation. > > I have a basic question - do I have to tell XPCOM where to go to get its > components? Does "NS_InitXPCOM2(nsnull, nsnull, nsnull)" 'know' where to go > or do I have to tell it? > > //-nsLocalFile > nsCOMPtr<nsILocalFile> componentPath=0; > componentPath = do_CreateInstance(NS_LOCAL_FILE_CONTRACTID,&nsResult); > > const char *path = "C:\\Program Files\\Netscape\\Netscape 6"; > nsResult = componentPath->InitWithPath(path); > > PRBool isDirectory; > nsResult = componentPath->IsDirectory(&isDirectory); > printf("%s ---<%s>--- a directory\n",path,isDirectory?"IS":"IS NOT"); > > //-initXPCOM > // nsResult = NS_InitXPCOM2(nsnull, nsnull, nsnull); > // Fails (works if I comment out do_CreateInstance?) > nsIServiceManager *serviceManager=0; > nsResult = NS_InitXPCOM2(&serviceManager, componentPath, nsnull); > // Fails > > >
