addFile - Archive of obsolete content
addfile unpacks a single subcomponent into a temporary location.
...method of install object syntax public int addfile ( string registryname, installversion version, string xpisourcepath, object localdirspec, string relativelocalpath, boolean forceupdate); public int addfile ( string registryname, string version, string xpisourcepath, object localdirspec, string relativelocalpath, boolean forceupdate); public int addfile ( string xpisourcepath); public int addfile ( string registryname, string xpisourcepath, object localdirspec, string relativelocalpath); public int addfile ( string registryname, string version, string xpisourcepath, object localdirspec, string relativelocalpath); pa...
...rameters the addfile method has the following parameters: registryname the pathname in the client version registry about the file.
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Install.addFile - Archive of obsolete content
install.addfile the install object's addfile method is the standard way to queue files for installation.
... var xpisrc = "file.txt"; initinstall( "adding a file", "testfile", "1.0.1.7", 1); f = getfolder("program"); setpackagefolder(f); addfile(xpisrc); if (0 == getlasterror()) performinstall(); else cancelinstall(); ...

Learn XPI Installer Scripting by Example - Archive of obsolete content
note also that when you call methods on the install--as you do so often in installation scripts (getfolder, initinstall, addfile, and performinstall are all examples of common install object methods)--the install object is implicit; like the window object in regular web page scripts, the install object does not need to be prefixed to the method.
...the adddirectory, like addfile, handles both the source file location and the target location.
...xample above, all of the contents of the "bin" directory in the archive are queued for installation, and the target of that installation (when the installation is actually begun with a call to performinstall at the end), is the communicatorfolder directory defined at line 22 as "program." "program" is one of a short list of keywords that can be used in place of full path names in methods such as addfile.
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Install Scripts - Archive of obsolete content
this involves the use of two functions, adddirectory() and addfile().
...the addfile() is similar but for a single file.
... both the adddirectory() and addfile() functions have various forms.
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Install script template - Archive of obsolete content
- if we fail here, cancel the installation // initinstall is quite an overloaded method, but i have invoked it here with three strings // which are globally defined err = initinstall(software_name, plid, version); if (err != 0) { // call initinstall again in case illegal characters in plid err = initinstall(software_name, software_name, version); if (err != 0) cancelinstall(err); } //addfiles to current browser block var pluginsfolder = getfolder("plugins"); //verify disk space if(verifydiskspace(pluginsfolder, plugin_size+component_size)) { // start installing plugin shared library reseterror(); // install the plugin shared library to the current browser's plugin directory errblock1 = addfile (plid, version, plugin_file, pluginsfolder, null); if (errblock1!=0) { logcom...
...ment("could not add " + plugin_file + " to " + pluginsfolder + ":" + errblock1); cancelinstall(errblock1); } // start installing xpt file if this is a scriptable plugin // install to the plugins directory -- this works well in mozilla 1.0 clients // in mozilla 1.0 clients, the components directory can be avoided for xpt files errblock1 = addfile (plid, version, component_file, pluginsfolder, null); if (errblock1!=0) { logcomment("could not add " + component_file + " to " + pluginsfolder + ":" + errblock1); cancelinstall(errblock1); } } else { logcomment("cancelling current browser install due to lack of space..."); cancellinstall(); } // secondary install block, which sets up plugins and xpt in another location in addition to the current browser errblock2 = createsecond...
...ll() { // use getfolder in such a way that it creates c:\winnt\system32\myplugin secondaryfolder = getfolder("win system", company_name); // if secondaryfolder is null, then there has been an error if(!secondaryfolder) return nosecondaryinstall; else { // we have admin privileges to write to the win system directory // so we will set up dll and xpt in their new home errblock2 = addfile (plid, version, plugin_file, secondaryfolder, null); // something went wrong if errblock2 is not 0 if (errblock2!=0) { logcomment("could not add " + plugin_file + " to " + secondaryfolder + ":" + errblock2); return errblock2; } // start installing xpt file if this is a scriptable plugin errblock2 = addfile (plid, version, component_file, secondaryfolder, null); if (errblock...

Using XPInstall to Install Plugins - Archive of obsolete content
err = addfile("@myplugin.com/myplugin,version=2.5.0.0", "2.5.0.0", plugin_file, pluginsfolder, null); if (err != 0) { //alert("installation of myplugin plug-in failed.
...errror conde: " + err); return err; } err = addfile(null, cult_version, component_file, componentsfolder, null); if (err != 0) { alert("installation of myplugin component failed.
...c:\winnt\system32\ directory var windirectory = getfolder("win system"); // create the folder c:\winnt\system32\myplugin var dllwin32folder = getfolder("file:///", windirectory+"\\myplugin\\"); //install dll to c:\windows folder copyerr = addfile("", version, plugin_file, dllwin32folder, null); if (copyerr != 0) { logcomment("first install:"+copyerr); return copyerr; } // install the xpt file to c:\winnt\system32\myplugin folder var xptwin32folder = getfolder("file:///", windirectory+"\\myplugin\\"); copyerr = addfile("", version, component_file, xptwin32folder, null); if (copyerr != 0) { logcommen...

getLastError - Archive of obsolete content
this method allows you to defer checking for error codes each time you call addfile or adddirectory until the last addfile or adddirectory call.
...example the following example calls getlasterror after a series of addfile calls: addfile("npplug", ...); addfile("/ms/shared/ctl3d.dll", ...); addfile("/nethelp/royalplug/royalhelp.html",...); err = getlasterror(); ...

Methods - Archive of obsolete content
addfile unpacks a single file.
... getfolder returns an object representing a directory, for use with the addfile method.

XPInstall API reference - Archive of obsolete content
objects install properties methods adddirectory addfile alert cancelinstall confirm deleteregisteredfile execute gestalt getcomponentfolder getfolder getlasterror getwinprofile getwinregistry initinstall loadresources logcomment patch performinstall refreshplugins registerchrome reseterror setp...
...mber getvaluestring iskeywritable keyexists setrootkey setvalue setvaluenumber setvaluestring valueexists winregvalue constructor other information return codes see complete list examples trigger scripts and install scripts code samples file.macalias file.windowsshortcut install.adddirectory install.addfile installtrigger.installchrome installtrigger.startsoftwareupdate windows install ...

Packaging WebLock
once triggered (see the weblock trigger script), the installation script: downloads the weblock component and places it in the components directory copies the weblock subdirectory in the mozilla chrome application subdirectory registers both the component and the ui the xpinstall api provides such essential methods[essential-methods] as initinstall, registerchrome, addfile, and others.
... weblock installation script // initialize the installation var err = initinstall("weblock", "weblock", 1.0); var componentsdir = getfolder("components"); var cf = getfolder("chrome"); // add the dll and say where it'll go addfile("weblock.dll", 1.0, "weblock.dll", componentsdir, ""); // add the typelib also addfile("weblock.xpt", "1.0", "weblock.xpt", componentsdir, ""); // add the weblock subdirectory of the xpi and specify that // it be installed in the chrome application directory err = adddirectory("weblock", "1.0", "", chromedir, ""); // ?

Index - Archive of obsolete content
719 install.addfile the install object's addfile method is the standard way to queue files for installation.

Index of archived content - Archive of obsolete content
using xpinstall to install plugins install script template xpinstall api reference examples file.macalias file.windowsshortcut install.adddirectory install.addfile installtrigger.installchrome installtrigger.startsoftwareupdate trigger scripts and install scripts windows install file object methods install object ...

Install.js - Archive of obsolete content
} // init install var dispname = this.extfullname + ' ' + this.extversion; var regname = '/' + this.extauthor + '/' + this.extshortname; install.initinstall(dispname, regname, this.extversion); // find directory to install into var installpath; if (this.profileinstall) installpath = profiledir; else installpath = install.getfolder('chrome'); // add jar file install.addfile(null, 'chrome/' + jarname, installpath, null); // register chrome var jarpath = install.getfolder(installpath, jarname); var installtype = this.profileinstall ?

Creating XPI Installer Modules - Archive of obsolete content
for barley, that installation script should read as follows: // initinstall(name + version, name, version); var err = initinstall("barley v", "barley", ""); logcomment("initinstall: " + err); addfile("barley grain", // displayname from contents.rdf "barley.jar", // jar source getfolder("chrome"), // target folder ""); // target subdir // registerchrome(type, location, source) registerchrome(package | delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome","barley.jar"), "content/"); if (err==success) performinstall(); else cancelinstall(err); note tha...

File.macAlias - Archive of obsolete content
xpisrc = "miscellaneous program"; var vi = "1.1.1.1"; initinstall( "macintosh alias", "misc", vi, 0); f = getfolder("program"); g = getfolder("mac desktop"); addfile( "filemacalias", "2.2.2.2", xpisrc, f, xpisrc, true); err = file.macalias(f, xpisrc, g, xpisrc + " alias"); logcomment("file.macalias returns: " + err); if (0 == getlasterror()) performinstall(); else cancelinstall(); ...