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18 <h1>using the string bundle service</h1>
20 <div class="explanation">
21 The second way to access string bundles is to call the <b>string bundle service</b> directly from JavaScript
22 (the string bundle doesn't have to be refrenced in the XUL file, and stays outside the DOM tree):
26 <p class="sampledesc">Sample XUL: openLocation.xul, calling some JS code</p>
27 <div class="samplecontent">
28 <?xml version="1.0"?>
29 <br><!DOCTYPE dialog SYSTEM "chrome://communicator/locale/openLocation.dtd">
30 <br><dialog id="openLocation" ... title="&caption.label;" onLoad="onLoad();">
31 <br><script type="application/x-javascript" src="chrome://communicator/content/openLocation.js"/>
33 <br> <menuitem value="0" id="currentWindow" label="&topWindow.label;"/>
40 <p class="sampledesc">Sample JavaScript: openLocation.js</p>
41 <div class="samplecontent">
45 <br> dialog.main = document.getElementById("openLocation");
46 <br> dialog.openTopWindow = document.getElementById("currentWindow");
47 <br> var <b>strBundleService</b> = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]<b>.getService</b>(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
48 <br> var brandbundle = strBundleService<b>.createBundle</b>("chrome://global/locale/brand.properties");
49 <br> var dialogbundle = strBundleService<b>.createBundle</b>("chrome://communicator/locale/openLocation.properties");
50 <br> if (!browser) {
51 <br> // No browser supplied - we are calling from Composer
52 <br> // Change string to make more sense for Composer
53 <br> dialog.openTopWindow.setAttribute("label", <b>dialogbundle.GetStringFromName</b>("<span class="hilite">existingNavigatorWindow</span>"));
54 <br> // change title to 'Open Location with Mozilla'
55 <br> var brandShortName = brandbundle.GetStringFromName("<span class="hilite">brandShortName</span>");
56 <br> dialog.open.setAttribute("title", <b>dialogbundle.getFormattedString</b>("<span class="hilite">caption2.label</span>", brandShortName));
63 <p class="sampledesc">Sample string bundle: openLocation.properties</p>
64 <div class="samplecontent">
65 <span class="hilite">existingNavigatorWindow</span>=Existing Navigator window
66 <br><span class="hilite">caption2.label</span>=Open Location with %S
71 <p class="sampledesc">Sample string bundle: brand.properties</p>
72 <div class="samplecontent">
73 <span class="hilite">brandShortName</span>=Mozilla