[Jslib] Re: Problem with jslib install on Mac OS X

mark bokil mbokil@bokil.com
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:59:57 -0400


> 
> Thank you for your help

Also,

To help you debug your app as you work you can have messages sent to a 
shell by using this function:

// dump send output to STDOUT terminal
function enableDump() {
     const PREFS_CID    = "@mozilla.org/preferences;1";
	const PREFS_I_PREF = "nsIPref";
	const PREF_STRING  = "browser.dom.window.dump.enabled";

	try {
	    var Pref = new Components.Constructor(PREFS_CID, PREFS_I_PREF);
		var pref = new Pref();
		pref.SetBoolPref(PREF_STRING, true);
	} catch(e) {}
}

at the beginning of your javascript you can call enableDump(); to turn 
on the shell dumping feature.

So in your app if you want to print a value of any variable just send it 
to your terminal window by using dump("the value of the user was: 
"+userID="\n");

-mark