BiLauncher

This class can be used to create a launcher for launching Bindows applications

This class extends Object and therefore all methods and fields available for Object are also available for BiLauncher .

Constructor

new BiLauncher ( [ sRootPath ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
sRootPath	String			Optional path to the root of the Bindows directory.

Properties

Name	Type	get	set	Descripton
accessibilityMode	Boolean			This property can be used to tell whether the application should be in an accessibility mode.
adfName	String			The ADF name is taken from the ADF path
adfPath	String			The path to the ADF file.
arguments	String[]			The arguments to pass to the main method of the ADF
errorMessage	String			The message to display when an error is encountered during the process of launching the application.
focusOnLoad	Boolean			Whether to try to focus the window when the application loads
hasError	Boolean			This is true if an error has occurred.
newWindow	Boolean			Whether to launch the application in a new window
reuseWindow	Boolean			Whether to reuse a previously opened window. If you want to launch the new application in the current window set newWindow to false.
rootPath	String			The path where Bindows resides. This is usually the path where bimain.html can be found.
supported	Boolean			Whether the current browser supports Bindows.
target	String			The target name of the window or frame to open the application in. If this is "" or null the ADF name will be used instead. If reuseWindow is false then this property will be ignored.
window	Object			This returns the browser window that the application is launched in

Methods

Name	Description
launch	This launches the Bindows application using the properties previously set and using the arguments provided. The number of arguments are optional and these will be passed to the main method in the ADF file as strings.

Events

None.

Static Methods

None.

Static Fields

Name	Type	Descripton
ADF_ARGUMENT_PARSE_ERROR	String	Error message to show when the ADF argument cannot be parsed
FILE_NOT_FOUND	String	Error message to show when file is not found
GECKO_ERROR_VERSION	String	Error message to show when using a too old version of Gecko
IE_ERROR_PLATFORM	String	Error message to show when using IE on a non supported platform
IE_ERROR_VERSION	String	Error message to show when using a too old version of IE
MISSING_ADF_ARGUMENT	String	Error message to show when the ADF argument is missing
NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR	String	Error message to show when using a non supported browser
POPUP_BLOCKER_QUESTION	String	Error message to show when the window failed to open and ask the user if they might have a popup blocker that interferes with opening the window

Remarks

You can also use the function biExec directly. biExec( sRootPath, sAdfPath, bDontOpenNewWindow, args... ) The 4th and the following arguments are passed as arguments to the main method of the ADF.

Method Details

launch

This launches the Bindows application using the properties previously set and using the arguments provided. The number of arguments are optional and these will be passed to the main method in the ADF file as strings.

Syntax

object.launch ( [ sAdfPath [ ,oArgs ] ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
sAdfPath	String			The path to the ADF file. If this is a relative path it is relative to the current document. If this is left out then the adfPath is used.
oArgs	String			Any number of arguments that will be passed to the main ADF method.

Return Type

Boolean