54120 - getWinProfile error returns incorrect msg ("requires 0 params")

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect, P3)

Description

[David Epstein]

builds 200-09-25-12-M18.
1. Go to http://jimbob/trigger3.html
2. Enter http://jimbob/jars/f_winprofile_getstring_err.xpi in the URL field. 
Only 1 parameter is passed into getWinProfile() (requires 2).
3. Press Trigger. OK.
4. Check log file.
Results: msg "Function GetWinProfile requires 0 parameters" 
Expected:msg "Function GetWinProfile requires 2 parameters"
might be useful for TS.

Comment 1

[Jimmy Lee]

Also, an error -229 is being returned.  An error -208 may be appropriate here.

Install.log:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://jimbob/jars/f_winprof_getstring_err.xpi  --  11/29/2000 12:22:37
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Error: f_winprof_getstring
     --------------------------

     ** Line: 12	Function GetWinProfile requires 0 parameters

     Install **FAILED** with error -229

     Install **FAILED** with error -229
     Finished Installation  11/29/2000 12:22:38

Comment 2

[Jimmy Lee]

Updating QA Contact.

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

The xpinstall script engine has been removed from the trunk, bugs in it are obsolete.