Starting the SiteKiosk File Manager from a Link

The SiteKiosk file manager is usually started from the Start button in the task manager or the programs page. But it can be handy to start the file manager from a link or button link, especially when using the SiteKiosk Portal Startpage.

The file manager is built using HTML, but because of its capabilities it is hosted in a special dialog window. As a consequence just starting the selector.html, which is the base file for the file manager, is not an option. You can of course edit the code of the Portal Startpage, but there is a much simpler approach to it. We will just create a simple html page that will take care of opening the file manager. You can either put the file on the local machine (recommended location: ..\SiteKiosk\html\) or a web server and then create a new link in the settings of the Portal Startpage that uses this page.

Our example page will consist of two methods. The first one is not really required to start the file manager, but it will make the process more complete. It basically checks if SiteKiosk payment options are used and if they apply to starting the file manager. If that should be the case the process of opening the file manager will be aborted and the SiteKiosk payment information dialog shown. More information about this part of the code is available here. Now this is what the first method looks like:

function OpenMediaWindow()
{
	try
	{
		var lk_SiteCash = SiteKiosk.Plugins("SiteCash");
		if (lk_SiteCash == null || lk_SiteCash == undefined || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && !lk_SiteCash.PayApplications || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.AccessStatus || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.CurrentBalance > 0.0 || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.ApplicationPrice == 0.0 || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.AccessStatus || !lk_SiteCash.Enabled)
		{
			OpenIntWindow();
		}
		else
		{
			SiteKiosk.Plugins("SiteCash").ShowPaymentInfoDialog(0, "", false);
		}
	}
	catch (e)
	{
		OpenIntWindow();
	}
}

As you can see in the above code, it tries to open another method named OpenIntWindow once the prerequisites are met (or in case of an error, when it goes to the catch part). The OpenIntWindow method deals with opening the actual file manager window. It looks like this:

function OpenIntWindow()
{
	var WS_OVERLAPPED = 0x00000000;
	var WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = 0x00010000;
	var WS_MINIMIZEBOX = 0x00020000;
	var WS_THICKFRAME = 0x00040000;
	var WS_SYSMENU = 0x00080000;
	var WS_BORDER = 0x00800000;
	var WS_CAPTION = 0x00C00000;     // WS_BORDER | WS_DLGFRAME
	var WS_MAXIMIZE = 0x01000000;
	var WS_MINIMIZE = 0x20000000;
	var WS_POPUP = 0x80000000;
	var WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
	var WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x00000080;

	var mediabox = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskUI.CreateHTMLDialog();
	mediabox.URL = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskDirectory + "skins\\public\\Media\\FileManager\\Selector.html";
	mediabox.Styles = 13565952;
	mediabox.Icon = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskDirectory + "skins\\public\\Media\\FileManager\\Img\\Icons\\fms_ico.ico";
	mediabox.Width = screen.width > 800 ? 1024 : 800;
	mediabox.Height = screen.height > 600 ? 700 : 550;
	mediabox.ExStyles = 0;
	mediabox.Border = true;
	mediabox.Type = "FileManagerDlg";
	mediabox.TopMostWindow = false;
	mediabox.CloseOnInput = false;
	mediabox.Parent = SiteKiosk.WindowList.MainWindow.SiteKioskWindow.Window;
	mediabox.ShowDialog();

	window.close();
}

The first part of the method sets the different window styles used for the file manager dialog. The second part creates an HTML dialog object (SiteKiosk.SiteKioskUI.CreateHTMLDialog();) and assigns window styles, height, width etc. to it. You can learn more about this part here in the SiteKiosk Object Model help. The last line of the method tries to close the window or html page is using now that it has done its purpose of opening the file manager. This will of course only work if the link opened in a new window, which is the default behaviour for the SiteKiosk Portal Startpage.

Now we just put the two methods together and place it in some simple HTML. This is what we get:

<html>
	<script type='text/JScript'>
		window.external.InitScriptInterface();

		function OpenMediaWindow()
		{
			try
			{
				var lk_SiteCash = SiteKiosk.Plugins("SiteCash");
				if (lk_SiteCash == null || lk_SiteCash == undefined || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && !lk_SiteCash.PayApplications || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.AccessStatus || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.CurrentBalance > 0.0 || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.ApplicationPrice == 0.0 || lk_SiteCash.Enabled && lk_SiteCash.AccessStatus || !lk_SiteCash.Enabled)
				{
					OpenIntWindow();
				}
				else
				{
					SiteKiosk.Plugins("SiteCash").ShowPaymentInfoDialog(0, "", false);
				}
			}
			catch (e)
			{
				OpenIntWindow();
			}
		}

		function OpenIntWindow()
		{
			var WS_OVERLAPPED = 0x00000000;
			var WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = 0x00010000;
			var WS_MINIMIZEBOX = 0x00020000;
			var WS_THICKFRAME = 0x00040000;
			var WS_SYSMENU = 0x00080000;
			var WS_BORDER = 0x00800000;
			var WS_CAPTION = 0x00C00000;     // WS_BORDER | WS_DLGFRAME
			var WS_MAXIMIZE = 0x01000000;
			var WS_MINIMIZE = 0x20000000;
			var WS_POPUP = 0x80000000;
			var WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
			var WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x00000080;

			var mediabox = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskUI.CreateHTMLDialog();
			mediabox.URL = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskDirectory + "skins\\public\\Media\\FileManager\\Selector.html";
			mediabox.Styles = 13565952;
			mediabox.Icon = SiteKiosk.SiteKioskDirectory + "skins\\public\\Media\\FileManager\\Img\\Icons\\fms_ico.ico";
			mediabox.Width = screen.width > 800 ? 1024 : 800;
			mediabox.Height = screen.height > 600 ? 700 : 550;
			mediabox.ExStyles = 0;
			mediabox.Border = true;
			mediabox.Type = "FileManagerDlg";
			mediabox.TopMostWindow = false;
			mediabox.CloseOnInput = false;
			mediabox.Parent = SiteKiosk.WindowList.MainWindow.SiteKioskWindow.Window;
			mediabox.ShowDialog();

			window.close();
		}
	</script>
	<body onload="OpenMediaWindow();">
	</body>
</html>

Note the extra line at the beginning of the script part (window.external.InitScriptInterface()). It tells SiteKiosk that SiteKiosk Object Model code follows. If you allowed this page to use such code, it will be executed. Once the page is loaded it calls the first method using onload. The script checks whether payment is required and then opens the file manager (or the payment information dialog).

That's it. The above should help in all cases, where you want to start the file manger from a link/button link. This includes the SiteKiosk Portal Startpage but could even used on any html page, including pages located on the Internet.

Please be aware, that you should activate the file manager in the configuration of SiteKiosk to make full use of this code example.