Tip: Extract files from the gadget package
October 9th, 2008 | Published in Google Desktop API
Did you know that on Windows you can extract a file that's packaged within your Desktop gadget? The following code extracts a file (called
Note: Only on Windows do Desktop gadgets have access to the file system.
sample.xml in this example) to the temporary folder.
var tempFile = gadget.storage.extract("sample.xml"); // extract the file
debug.trace(tempFile); // tempFile contains the path of the fileAll temporary files created by gadget.storage.extract are cleaned up automatically when the gadget is closed.Note: Only on Windows do Desktop gadgets have access to the file system.