JSDoc: Namespace: System

Methods

clearCache() → {Promise.<void>}

Clears cached data containing window state/positions, application resource files (images, HTML, JavaScript files), cookies, and items stored in the Local Storage.

Tutorials:

System.clearCache

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

deleteCacheOnExit() → {Promise.<void>}

Clears all cached data when OpenFin Runtime exits.

Tutorials:

System.deleteCacheOnExit

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

downloadAsset(appAsset) → {Promise.<void>}

Downloads the given application asset

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`appAsset`	AppAssetInfo	App asset object

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

downloadPreloadScripts(scripts) → {Promise.Array.<DownloadPreloadInfo>}

Download preload scripts from given URLs

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`scripts`	Array.<DownloadPreloadOption>	URLs of preload scripts. See tutorial for more details.

Tutorials:

Tutorial: system.downloadPreloadScripts

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<DownloadPreloadInfo>

downloadRuntime(options, progressListeneropt) → {Promise.<void>}

Downloads a version of the runtime.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Attributes	Description
`options`	RuntimeDownloadOptions		Download options.
`progressListener`	function	<optional>	called as the runtime is downloaded with progress information.

Tutorials:

System.downloadRuntime

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

executeOnRemote(requestingIdentity, data) → {Promise.<any>}

Retrieves an array of data for all external applications

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`requestingIdentity`	Identity	This object is described in the Identity typedef
`data`	any	Any data type to pass to the method

Returns:

Type: Promise.<any>

exit() → {Promise.<void>}

Exits the Runtime.

Tutorials:

System.exit

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

flushCookieStore() → {Promise.<void>}

Writes any unwritten cookies data to disk.

Tutorials:

System.flushCookieStore

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

getAllApplications() → {Promise.Array.<ApplicationInfo>}

Retrieves an array of data for all applications.

Tutorials:

System.getAllApplications

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<ApplicationInfo>

getAllExternalApplications() → {Promise.Array.<Identity>}

Retrieves an array of data (name, ids, bounds) for all application windows.

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<Identity>

getAllWindows() → {Promise.Array.<WindowInfo>}

Retrieves an array of data (name, ids, bounds) for all application windows.

Tutorials:

System.getAllWindows

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<WindowInfo>

getAppAssetInfo(options) → {Promise.<AppAssetInfo>}

Retrieves app asset information.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	AppAssetRequest

Tutorials:

System.getAppAssetInfo

Returns:

Type: Promise.<AppAssetInfo>

getCommandLineArguments() → {Promise.<string>}

Retrieves the command line argument string that started OpenFin Runtime.

Tutorials:

System.getCommandLineArguments

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

getCookies(options) → {Promise.Array.<CookieInfo>}

Get additional info of cookies.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	CookieOption	See tutorial for more details.

Tutorials:

System.getCookies

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<CookieInfo>

getDeviceId() → {Promise.<string>}

Returns a hex encoded hash of the mac address and the currently logged in user name

Tutorials:

System.getDeviceId

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

getDeviceUserId() → {Promise.<string>}

Returns a hex encoded hash of the mac address and the currently logged in user name

Tutorials:

System.getDeviceUserId

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

getEntityInfo(uuid, name) → {Promise.<EntityInfo>}

Retrieves a frame info object for the uuid and name passed in

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`uuid`	string	The UUID of the target.
`name`	string	The name of the target.

Tutorials:

System.getEntityInfo

Returns:

Type: Promise.<EntityInfo>

getEnvironmentVariable() → {Promise.<string>}

Gets the value of a given environment variable on the computer on which the runtime is installed

Tutorials:

System.getEnvironmentVariable

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

getFocusedWindow() → {Promise.<WindowInfo>}

Get current focused window.

Tutorials:

System.getFocusedWindow

Returns:

Type: Promise.<WindowInfo>

getHostSpecs() → {Promise.<Hostspecs>}

Retrieves system information.

Tutorials:

System.getHostSpecs

Returns:

Type: Promise.<Hostspecs>

getLog(options) → {Promise.<string>}

Retrieves the contents of the log with the specified filename.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	GetLogRequestType	A object that id defined by the GetLogRequestType interface

Tutorials:

System.getLog

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

getLogList() → {Promise.Array.<LogInfo>}

Retrieves an array containing information for each log file.

Tutorials:

System.getLogList

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<LogInfo>

getMinLogLevel() → {Promise.<LogLevel>}

Returns the minimum (inclusive) logging level that is currently being written to the log.

Tutorials:

System.getMinLogLevel

Returns:

Type: Promise.<LogLevel>

getMonitorInfo() → {Promise.<MonitorInfo>}

Retrieves an object that contains data about the monitor setup of the computer that the runtime is running on.

Tutorials:

System.getMonitorInfo

Returns:

Type: Promise.<MonitorInfo>

getMousePosition() → {Promise.<PointTopLeft>}

Returns the mouse in virtual screen coordinates (left, top).

Tutorials:

System.getMousePosition

Returns:

Type: Promise.<PointTopLeft>

getProcessList() → {Promise.Array.<ProcessInfo>}

Retrieves an array of all of the runtime processes that are currently running. Each element in the array is an object containing the uuid and the name of the application to which the process belongs.

Tutorials:

System.getProcessList

Returns:

Type: Promise.Array.<ProcessInfo>

getProxySettings() → {Promise.<ProxyInfo>}

Retrieves the Proxy settings.

Tutorials:

System.getProxySettings

Returns:

Type: Promise.<ProxyInfo>

getRuntimeInfo() → {Promise.<RuntimeInfo>}

Returns information about the running Runtime in an object.

Tutorials:

System.getRuntimeInfo

Returns:

Type: Promise.<RuntimeInfo>

getRvmInfo() → {Promise.<RVMInfo>}

Returns information about the running RVM in an object.

Tutorials:

System.getRvmInfo

Returns:

Type: Promise.<RVMInfo>

getVersion() → {Promise.<string>}

Returns the version of the runtime. The version contains the major, minor, build and revision numbers.

Tutorials:

System.getVersion

Returns:

Type: Promise.<string>

launchExternalProcess(options) → {Promise.<RVMInfo>}

Runs an executable or batch file.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	ExternalProcessRequestType	A object that is defined in the ExternalProcessRequestType interface

Returns:

Type: Promise.<RVMInfo>

log(level, message) → {Promise.<void>}

Writes the passed message into both the log file and the console.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`level`	string	The log level for the entry. Can be either "info", "warning" or "error"
`message`	string	The log message text

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

monitorExternalProcess(pid) → {Promise.<Identity>}

Monitors a running process.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`pid`	number	See tutorial for more details

Returns:

Type: Promise.<Identity>

openUrlWithBrowser(url) → {Promise.<void>}

Opens the passed URL in the default web browser.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`url`	string	The URL to open

Tutorials:

System.openUrlWithBrowser

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

readRegistryValue(rootKey, subkey, value) → {Promise.<RegistryInfo>}

Reads the specifed value from the registry.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`rootKey`	string	The registry root key.
`subkey`	string	The registry key.
`value`	string	The registry value name.

Tutorials:

System.readRegistryValue

Returns:

Type: Promise.<RegistryInfo>

registerExternalConnection(uuid) → {Promise.<ExternalConnection>}

This function call will register a unique id and produce a token. The token can be used to broker an external connection.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`uuid`	string	A UUID for the remote connection.

Tutorials:

System.registerExternalConnection

Returns:

Type: Promise.<ExternalConnection>

releaseExternalProcess(uuid) → {Promise.<void>}

Removes the process entry for the passed UUID obtained from a prior call of fin.desktop.System.launchExternalProcess().

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`uuid`	string	The UUID for a process obtained from a prior call to fin.desktop.System.launchExternalProcess()

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

resolveUuid(uuid) → {Promise.<Entity>}

Retrieves the UUID of the computer on which the runtime is installed

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`uuid`	string	The uuid of the running application

Returns:

Type: Promise.<Entity>

setMinLogLevel(The) → {Promise.<void>}

Set the minimum log level above which logs will be written to the OpenFin log

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`The`	LogLevel	minimum level (inclusive) above which all calls to log will be written

Tutorials:

System.setMinLogLevel

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

showDeveloperTools(identity) → {Promise.<void>}

Shows the Chromium Developer Tools for the specified window

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`identity`	Identity	This is a object that is defined by the Identity interface

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

terminateExternalProcess(options) → {Promise.<void>}

Attempt to close an external process. The process will be terminated if it has not closed after the elapsed timeout in milliseconds.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	TerminateExternalRequestType	A object defined in the TerminateExternalRequestType interface

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

updateProxySettings(options) → {Promise.<void>}

Update the OpenFin Runtime Proxy settings.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`options`	ProxyConfig	A config object defined in the ProxyConfig interface

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>