Subj : Re: JDK access inside a protocol handler (written in JavaScript)
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : James Ross
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 11:00 pm

mr.per.bergman@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I want to launch a command line from Firefox, for example starting a
> Putty session (eg. "D:\bin\putty.exe user@server").
> 
> I can access java.lang.Runtime classes inside a normal JavaScript
> function (in a HTML page), but I cannot do that inside a Mozilla
> Protocol Handler.
> 
> Is it possible to use Java classes inside a protocol handler?
> Is there another way of launching command lines, without writing my
> XPCOM component?

I believe the nsIProcess interface (and associated contract ID, 
"@mozilla.org/xpcom/process;1" I think) can do this kind of launching of 
other apps.

-- 
James Ross <silver@warwickcompsoc.co.uk>
ChatZilla Developer

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