Get the pointer to a file. The file is indicated through its path and can be an absolute file, a relative file, a file of the webOS desktop application of My Disk or a email of the webOS desktop application My Mail.

1 file

<file
    name='name'
    type='temp|absolute|disktool|mailtool'
/>

Attributes
Aname	string				Name of the file.
Atype	string			temp	Type of file: temp: The file is temporal. It is located in a temporal file directory of the SO and it will have a compound name generated by the SO automatically. This is the default option.. absolute: The name of the file is an absolute path. disktool: The name of the file is the absolute complete path to a file of the webOS desktop application, "My Disk". mailtool: The name of the file is the complete path to a mail of the webOS desktop application "My Mail".

Attributes

Name

Type

Required

Default

Description

Aname

string

Name of the file.

Atype

string

temp

Type of file:

temp: The file is temporal. It is located in a temporal file directory of the SO and it will have a compound name generated by the SO automatically. This is the default option..
absolute: The name of the file is an absolute path.
disktool: The name of the file is the absolute complete path to a file of the webOS desktop application, "My Disk".
mailtool: The name of the file is the complete path to a mail of the webOS desktop application "My Mail".

Returns
Type	Description
File	Pointer to a file

file

1 file

See also