By: helo

helo — Fri, 20 May 2005 22:08:54 +0000

The PasteIP extension seems to get it right, in Ff at least so maybe there is some magic there???

By: Gerald

Gerald — Fri, 20 May 2005 20:04:34 +0000

doh! you all make firefox. and you can’t even get your own product’s version number. So much for F/oss.

By: Myk Melez

Myk Melez — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:31:02 +0000

Here's a function from Forumzilla that might help. It uses nsIXULAppInfo on Aviary 1.1 apps, the app.id preference on Aviary 1.0 apps, and assumes Seamonkey if neither value is available. It's designed to distinguish between Seamonkey and Thunderbird but should be easily modifiable to determine if it's running in Firefox or some other XUL app.

var gAppName;
function getAppName() {
    if (gAppName)
        return gAppName;

    try {
        // Aviary 1.1 apps store application meta-data in the app info component.
        var appInfo =
          Components
            .classes["@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1"]
              .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIXULAppInfo);
        if (appInfo && appInfo.ID == "{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}") {
            gAppName = "Thunderbird";
            debug("determined application to be Thunderbird via nsIXULAppInfo");
            return gAppName;
        }
        debug("could not determine application via nsIXULAppInfo: " + appInfo);
    }
    catch(e) {
        debug(e);
    }
    
    try {
        // Aviary 1.0 apps store application meta-data in a preference.
        var id =
          Components
            .classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
              .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService)
                .getBranch("app.")
                  .getCharPref("id");
        if (id && id == "{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}") {
            gAppName = "Thunderbird";
            debug("determined application to be Thunderbird via app.id pref");
            return gAppName;
        }
        debug("could not determine application via app.id pref: " + id);
    }
    catch(e) {
        debug(e);
    }

    // Non-aviary apps (f.e. Seamonkey) don't store application meta-data.
    debug("could not determine application; assuming Seamonkey");
    gAppName = "Seamonkey";
    return gAppName;
}

*Edit:* robert 5/20/05 3:34 - parse code for readability.

Comments on: Wanted: ProductName/Version

By: helo

By: Gerald

By: Myk Melez