_ff-addon-snippet-WinAPI_ShellExec - Launch things without waiting for response. [winapi] [jsctypes]

_ff-addon-snippet-WinAPI_ShellExec.js

Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm')

var wintypesInit = function() {
	var ifdef_UNICODE = true;
	
	this.WINABI = ctypes.winapi_abi; //should do 64bit testing
	
	// BASIC TYPES (ones that arent equal to something predefined by me)
	this.BOOL = ctypes.bool;
	this.CHAR = ctypes.char;
	this.DWORD = ctypes.unsigned_long;
	this.INT = ctypes.int;
	this.LPVOID = ctypes.voidptr_t;
	this.PVOID = ctypes.voidptr_t
	this.UINT = ctypes.unsigned_int;
	this.ULONG = ctypes.unsigned_long;
	this.WCHAR = ctypes.jschar;
	
	// ADV
	this.HANDLE = this.PVOID;
	this.LPCSTR = this.CHAR.ptr; // typedef __nullterminated CONST CHAR *LPCSTR;
	this.LPCWSTR = this.WCHAR.ptr;
	
	// SUPER ADV
	this.HINSTANCE = this.HANDLE;
	this.HKEY = this.HANDLE;
	this.HWND = this.HANDLE;
	this.LPCTSTR = ifdef_UNICODE ? this.LPCWSTR : this.LPCSTR;
	
	/* typedef struct _SHELLEXECUTEINFO {
	 *   DWORD     cbSize;
	 *   ULONG     fMask;
	 *   HWND      hwnd;
	 *   LPCTSTR   lpVerb;
	 *   LPCTSTR   lpFile;
	 *   LPCTSTR   lpParameters;
	 *   LPCTSTR   lpDirectory;
	 *   int       nShow;
	 *   HINSTANCE hInstApp;
	 *   LPVOID    lpIDList;
	 *   LPCTSTR   lpClass;
	 *   HKEY      hkeyClass;
	 *   DWORD     dwHotKey;
	 *   union {
	 *     HANDLE hIcon;
	 *     HANDLE hMonitor;
	 *   } DUMMYUNIONNAME;
	 *   HANDLE    hProcess;
	 * } SHELLEXECUTEINFO, *LPSHELLEXECUTEINFO;
	 */
	this.SHELLEXECUTEINFO = ctypes.StructType('_SHELLEXECUTEINFO', [
		{ 'cbSize': this.DWORD },
		{ 'fMask': this.ULONG },
		{ 'hwnd': this.HWND },
		{ 'lpVerb': this.LPCTSTR },
		{ 'lpFile': this.LPCTSTR },
		{ 'lpParameters': this.LPCTSTR },
		{ 'lpDirectory': this.LPCTSTR },
		{ 'nShow': this.INT },
		{ 'hInstApp': this.HINSTANCE },
		{ 'lpIDList': this.LPVOID },
		{ 'lpClass': this.LPCTSTR },
		{ 'hkeyClass': this.HKEY },
		{ 'dwHotKey': this.DWORD },
		{ 'hIcon': this.HANDLE }, // union {HANDLE hIcon;  HANDLE hMonitor;} DUMMYUNIONNAME; // i picked hIcon because i might be able to get winxp to seperate its groups ia
		{ 'hProcess': this.HANDLE }
	]);
	
	// CONSTANTS
	this.SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING = 0x0072;
}
var ostypes = new wintypesInit();

// start - skeleton, shouldn't have to edit
var lib = {};
function _lib(path) {
	//ensures path is in lib, if its in lib then its open, if its not then it adds it to lib and opens it. returns lib
	//path is path to open library
	//returns lib so can use straight away

	if (!(path in lib)) {
		//need to open the library
		//default it opens the path, but some things are special like libc in mac is different then linux or like x11 needs to be located based on linux version
		switch (path) {
			default:
				try {
					lib[path] = ctypes.open(path);
				} catch (e) {
					console.error('Integration Level 1: Could not get open path:', path, 'e:' + e);
					throw new Error('Integration Level 1: Could not get open path:"' + path + '" e: "' + e + '"');
				}
		}
	}
	return lib[path];
}

var dec = {};
function _dec(declaration) { // it means ensureDeclared and return declare. if its not declared it declares it. else it returns the previously declared.
	if (!(declaration in dec)) {
		dec[declaration] = preDec[declaration](); //if declaration is not in preDec then dev messed up
	}
	return dec[declaration];
}
// end - skeleton, shouldn't have to edit

// start - predefine your declares here
var preDec = { //stands for pre-declare (so its just lazy stuff) //this must be pre-populated by dev // do it alphabateized by key so its ez to look through
	CoInitializeEx: function() {
		/* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms695279%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
		 * HRESULT CoInitializeEx(
		 *   __in_opt_  LPVOID pvReserved,
		 *   __in_      DWORD dwCoInit
		 * );
		 */
		return _lib('Ole32.dll').declare('CoInitializeEx', ostypes.WINABI,
			ostypes.HRESULT,	// result
			ostypes.LPVOID,		// pvReserved
			ostypes.DWORD		// dwCoInit
		);
	},
	CoUninitialize: function() {
		/* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms688715%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
		 * void CoUninitialize(void);
		 */
		return _lib('Ole32.dll').declare('CoUninitialize', ostypes.WINABI,
			ostypes.VOID	// return
		);
	},
	ShellExecuteEx: function() {
		/* https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762154%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
		 * BOOL ShellExecuteEx(
		 *   __inout_  SHELLEXECUTEINFO *pExecInfo
		 * );
		 */
		return _lib('shell32.dll').declare('ShellExecuteExW', ostypes.WINABI,
			ostypes.BOOL,					// return
			ostypes.SHELLEXECUTEINFO.ptr	// *pExecInfo
		);
	}
}
// end - predefine your declares here

function shutdown() {
	// do in here what you want to do before shutdown
	
	for (var l in lib) {
		lib[l].close();
	}
}

function main() {
	//do code here
	try {
		//var rez_CoInitializeEx = ostypes.API('CoInitializeEx')(null, 0x2 | 0x4);
		//console.info('rez_CoInitializeEx:', rez_CoInitializeEx.toString(), uneval(rez_CoInitializeEx));
		//if (ctypes.winLastError != 0) { console.error('Failed rez_CoInitializeEx, winLastError:', ctypes.winLastError); }
		
		var fullPath = '\\';
		
		var sei = ostypes.SHELLEXECUTEINFO();
		sei.cbSize = ostypes.SHELLEXECUTEINFO.size;
		var cStr = ostypes.LPCTSTR.targetType.array()(fullPath)
		sei.lpFile = cStr;
		//sei.lpVerb = ostypes.TYPE.LPCTSTR.targetType.array()('open');
		sei.nShow = 1; //ostypes.SW_SHOWNORMAL;
		
		var rez_ShellExecuteEx = _dec('ShellExecuteEx')(sei.address());
		console.info('rez_ShellExecuteEx:', rez_ShellExecuteEx.toString(), uneval(rez_ShellExecuteEx));
		if (ctypes.winLastError != 0) { console.error('Failed rez_ShellExecuteEx, winLastError:', ctypes.winLastError); }
		
		console.info('sei:', sei.toString());
		console.log('sei.hInstApp:', sei.hInstApp.toString());
		
	} finally {
		//var rez_CoUninitialize = ostypes.API('CoUninitialize')();
	}
}

try {
	main();
} catch(ex) {
	throw ex;
} finally {
	shutdown();
}

README

Rev1

• Not taking full paths

Rev2

• Fixed, had to make it define the unicode version so ShellExecuteExW