Standard OS Libraries
components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm"); var lib = ctypes.open("user32.dll"); /* note: if you go to getcursorpos page on msdn, it says first argument is of structure point, so lets create that structure, * the link here shows that that x and y are type long which is ctypes.long */ // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162805%28v=vs.85%29.aspx var point = new ctypes.structtype("tagpoint", [ { "x": ctypes.l...
... components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var gdk = ctypes.open('libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0'); // types var gint = ctypes.int; var gdkdevice = ctypes.structtype('gdkdevice'); var gdkmodifiertype = ctypes.int; var gdkwindow = ctypes.structtype('gdkwindow'); var void = ctypes.void_t; // https://developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/gdk3-windows.html#gdk-get-default-root-window var gdk_get_default_root_window = gdk.declare('gdk_get_default_root_wi...
...g()); console.info('y:', y, y.tostring()); console.info('mask:', mask, mask.tostring()); gdk.close(); example: gdk_window_get_device_position this example works only for gdk3, as the function gdk_window_get_device_position was not available in gdk2, for gdk2 equivalent see above warning this example does not work yet it needs some bug fixing components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var gdk = ctypes.open('libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0'); var gdk3 = ctypes.open('libgdk-3.so.0'); // types var gint = ctypes.int; var gdkdevice = ctypes.structtype('gdkdevice'); var gdkdevicemanager = ctypes.structtype('gdkdevicemanager'); var gdkdisplay = ctypes.structtype('gdkdisplay'); var gdkmodifiertype = ctypes.int; var gdkwindow = ctypes.structtype('gdkwindow'); // https://developer.gnome.org/gd...
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Using js-ctypes
before you can use js-ctypes, you need to import the ctypes.jsm code module.
... this is as simple as including the following line of code in the desired javascript scope: components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm") loading a native library once you've imported the code module, you can call the ctypes.open() method to load each native library you wish to use.
... components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm"); var lib = ctypes.open("c:\\windows\\system32\\user32.dll"); /* declare the signature of the function we are going to call */ var msgbox = lib.declare("messageboxw", ctypes.winapi_abi, ctypes.int32_t, ctypes.int32_t, ctypes.jschar.ptr, ctypes.jschar.ptr, ...
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Finding window handles - Archive of obsolete content
.getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsibasewindow); var hwndstring = basewindow.nativehandle; components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var user32 = ctypes.open('user32.dll'); /* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633539%28v=vs.85%29.aspx * bool winapi setforegroundwindow( * __in_ hwnd hwnd * ); */ var setforegroundwindow = user32.declare('setforegroundwindow', ctypes.winapi_abi, ctypes.bool, // return bool ctypes.voidptr_t // hwnd ); var hwnd = ctypes.voidptr_t(ctypes.uint64(hwndstring)); var rez_setfo...
... .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsibasewindow); var nswindowstring = basewindow.nativehandle; components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var objc = ctypes.open(ctypes.libraryname('objc')); // types let id = ctypes.voidptr_t; let sel = ctypes.voidptr_t; // constants let nil = ctypes.voidptr_t(0); //common functions let sel_registername = objc.declare('sel_registername', ctypes.default_abi, sel, ctypes.char.ptr); let objc_msgsend = objc.declare('objc_msgsend', ctypes.default_abi, id, id, sel, '...'); /* https://developer.app...
... .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsibasewindow); var gdkwindowptrstring = basewindow.nativehandle; components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var gdk = ctypes.open('libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0'); // types let guint32 = ctypes.uint32_t; let gdkwindow = ctypes.structtype('gdkwindow'); // https://developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/gdk3-windows.html#gdk-window-focus var gdk_window_focus = gdk.declare('gdk_window_focus', ctypes.default_abi, ctypes.void_t, gdkwindow.ptr, guint32); // https://developer.gnome.org/gdk2/stable/gdk2-x-window-system-i...
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Debugging Tips
let { ctypes } = components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", {}); let i = ctypes.int32_t(10); console.log(i); let point = ctypes.structtype("point", [{ x: ctypes.int32_t }, { y: ctypes.int32_t }]) let p = point(10, 20); console.log(p); let pp = p.address(); console.log(pp); the result will be as following: cdata { value: 10 } cdata { x: 10, y: 20 } cdata { contents: cdata } to see more descriptive information, you can use .tosource().
... let { ctypes } = components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", {}); let i = ctypes.int32_t(10); console.log(i.tosource()); let point = ctypes.structtype("point", [{ x: ctypes.int32_t }, { y: ctypes.int32_t }]) let p = point(10, 20); console.log(p.tosource()); let pp = p.address(); console.log(pp.tosource()); the result will be : ctypes.int32_t(10) point(10, 20) point.ptr(ctypes.uint64("0x15fdafb08")) to see the complete type information, you can use .constructor.tosource(), to print the source of ctype.
... let { ctypes } = components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", {}); let i = ctypes.int32_t(10); console.log(i.constructor.tosource()); let point = ctypes.structtype("point", [{ x: ctypes.int32_t }, { y: ctypes.int32_t }]) let p = point(10, 20); console.log(p.constructor.tosource()); let pp = p.address(); console.log(pp.constructor.tosource()); the result will be as per the following: ctypes.int32_t ctypes.structtype("point", [{ "x": ctypes.int32_t }, { "y": ctypes.int32_t }]) ctypes.structtype("point", [{ "x": ctypes.int32_t }, { "y": ctypes.int32_t }]).ptr ...

How to Report a Hung Firefox
avigator:browser"); let browser = win.gbrowser.selectedbrowser; if (browser.isremotebrowser) { browser.messagemanager.loadframescript('data:,let appinfo = components.classes["@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1"];if (appinfo && appinfo.getservice(components.interfaces.nsixulruntime).processtype != components.interfaces.nsixulruntime.process_type_default) {components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm");var zero = new ctypes.intptr_t(8);var badptr = ctypes.cast(zero, ctypes.pointertype(ctypes.int32_t));var crash = badptr.contents;}', true); } other techniques on os x if you use a nightly build (>= firefox 16), you can use activity monitor's "sample process" feature to generate a sample.

JavaScript code modules
ctypes.jsm provides an interface that allows javascript code to call native libraries without requiring the development of an xpcom component.

Using COM from js-ctypes
let { ctypes } = components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", {}); // some groundwork let is64bit; if (ctypes.voidptr_t.size == 4 /* 32-bit */) { is64bit = false; } else if (ctypes.voidptr_t.size == 8 /* 64-bit */) { is64bit = true; } let winabi = is64bit ?

Using Objective-C from js-ctypes
let { ctypes } = components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", {}); let id = ctypes.structtype("objc_object").ptr; let sel = ctypes.structtype("objc_selector").ptr; let bool = ctypes.signed_char; let lib = ctypes.open(ctypes.libraryname("objc")); let objc_getclass = lib.declare("objc_getclass", ctypes.default_abi, id, ctypes.char.ptr); let sel_registername = lib.declare("sel_registername", ctypes.default_abi, ...

ctypes
credit for this example is to nmaier (stackoverflow :: getting tb_button is crashing and not working) example of cast and functiontype on windows components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm"); var kernel = ctypes.open("kernel32.dll"); var hmodule = ctypes.uint32_t; var hwnd = ctypes.uint32_t; var lpctstr = ctypes.jschar.ptr; var lpcstr = ctypes.char.ptr; var loadlibrary = kernel.declare("loadlibraryw", ctypes.winapi_abi, hmodule, lpctstr); var getprocaddress = kernel.declare("getprocaddress", ctypes.winapi_abi, ctypes.void_t.ptr, hmodule, lpcstr); var huser = loadlibrary("user32")...

js-ctypes reference
it is obtained by by loading the ctypes module: components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm"); you can use the ctypes object to load libraries, construct types, and perform miscellaneous tasks such as type casting.