Extract files from the gadget package

Did you know that on Windows you can extract a file that's packaged within your Desktop gadget? The following code extracts a file (called sample.xml in this example) to the temporary folder.

  var tempFile = gadget.storage.extract("sample.xml"); // extract the file
  debug.trace(tempFile);  // tempFile contains the path of the file

All temporary files created by gadget.storage.extract are cleaned up automatically when the gadget is closed.

Note: Only on Windows do Desktop gadgets have access to the file system.

Posted by Stefan Van Damme, Gadget Developer
Link - from Google Desktop APIs Blog
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