how to run a .exe file in xul application?

Question

i want make a app with xul but some functions and logic in a stable exe file. run the exe with xulapp that to do something and get the result given to the xul application, how should i do ,thanks

Answer 1

You can invoke another application using nsIProcess, but you can't easily obtain a result, except for the exit value. Attempts are being made to get a proper IPC component that will allow you to write to the process stdin and read from its stdout and stderr but this is not yet available in releases of XULRunner.