Intialisation and Shutdown [  << Previous |  Contents  |  Next >>  ]
Intialisation and Shutdown There are general statup/shutdown/process event functions that you need to utilize.
  • Setup 
    extern nsresult NS_InitEmbedding(nsILocalFile *mozBinDirectory,
         nsIDirectoryServiceProvider *appFileLocProvider);
    • mozBinDirectory - location of your executable
    • appFileLocProvider - a file location object that points Gecko to various, pre-defined files.
    • Embedding APIs are not multi-threaded.
  • Teardown
    extern nsresult NS_TermEmbedding();
    • cleans up Gecko state and is called at app exit/shutdown.
    • Mozilla is not un-loadable.
  • Event handling
    nsresult NS_DoIdleEmbeddingStuff()
    • currently windows only (timer firing)
    • reserved for internal event handling activity