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Set Windows file attribute hidden using Firefox SDK API
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/** | |
* Sets the hidden file attribute of a file | |
* @param {String} filepath String holding the path of the file to hide | |
* @returns {Boolean} true if file attribute hidden is set, else false | |
*/ | |
function setWindowsFileAttributeHidden(filepath) { | |
const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x00000002; | |
try { | |
chrome.Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); | |
let lib = ctypes.open('kernel32.dll'); | |
try { | |
let getFileAttributes = lib.declare('GetFileAttributesW', ctypes.winapi_abi, ctypes.uint32_t, ctypes.jschar.ptr); | |
let setFileAttributes = lib.declare('SetFileAttributesW', ctypes.winapi_abi, ctypes.bool, ctypes.jschar.ptr, ctypes.uint32_t); | |
let currentFileAttributes = getFileAttributes(filepath); | |
if ((currentFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) !== FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) { | |
return setFileAttributes(filepath, currentFileAttributes | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN); | |
} else { | |
return true; | |
} | |
} finally { | |
lib.close(); | |
} | |
} catch (e) { | |
// Error could be handled here | |
} | |
return false; | |
} |
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