Question

How can I open network folder for XUL? for my Firefox toolbar, it can access drives like C:, not network paths like //Development…with the code: file.initWithPath("\\DEVELOPMENT2");

Full code:

var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"]
         .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);

file.initWithPath("\\\DEVELOPMENT2"); //---> this is not working

//file.initWithPath("Y:");  ---> this is working

file.reveal();

var process = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIProcess);
    process.init(file);

var args = [];
process.run(false, args, args.length);

//end

Answer 1

I can see two issues:

• Missing bachslash – you need two backslashes, each of them escaped, this makes four backslashes in total. Meaning "\\\\DEVELOPMENT2" rather than "\\\DEVELOPMENT2".
• Firefox cannot open the listing for a server – it is a virtual location, not an actual folder. It can open any of the shared folders on the server however:

var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"]
         .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);

file.initWithPath("\\\\DEVELOPMENT2\\folder");
file.reveal();