[Project_owners] Run JS function of another window

joe ertaba belaviyo at gmail.com
Sat Feb 28 02:38:16 PST 2009


Hi Brian

This method only works when user opens setting window first! In my case I
want to run a function from setting.js when there isn't any open "setting
window"

Do you have any idea about this case?

-Joe

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Brian King <brian at mozdev.org> wrote:

> joe ertaba wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Here is a sample structure
>>
>> -Firefox window
>> -Ovarlay.xul
>> -Overlay.js
>>
>> -setting window
>> -setting.js
>> --MyFunction() {...}
>>
>>
>> I want to call MyFunction() from Overlay.js
>>
>
> Get the settings window (xWin say) using nsIWindowWatcher, and then call
> xWin.MyFunction()
>
> - Brian
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