User Guide

Fireworks functions 321

fw.findApp()

Availability

Fireworks MX.

Usage

fw.findApp(macAppSignature or winExeRegistryName)

Arguments

macAppSignature A Macintosh-specific string that identifies the signature of the

application to find, such as "

MKBY".

winExeRegistryName A Windows-specific string that identifies the name of an executable

to find in the Windows registry, such as "

Fireworks.exe".

Returns

A URL to the application. This URL can be passed as an argument to fw.launchApp(). If no

such application can be found, the URL is empty.

Description

Attempts to find the path to the requested application. On the Macintosh, Fireworks looks

for the application using a four-character signature code. In Windows, Fireworks looks in the

Windows registry under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths