FlashSecurityRegistration.java

package edu.stanford.hci.r3.flash;

import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;

import edu.stanford.hci.r3.PaperToolkit;
import edu.stanford.hci.r3.util.DebugUtils;
import edu.stanford.hci.r3.util.files.FileUtils;

public class FlashSecurityRegistration {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
                // Find the FlashPlayer trust directory for this user...
                String pathBeneathHomeDirectory = "Application Data/Macromedia/Flash Player/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust";
                File desktopDirectory = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getHomeDirectory().getAbsoluteFile();
                File homeDirectory = desktopDirectory.getParentFile();
                File flashPlayerTrustDir = new File(homeDirectory, pathBeneathHomeDirectory);

                // If it does not exist, we create the directory
                if (!flashPlayerTrustDir.exists()) {
                        flashPlayerTrustDir.mkdirs();
                }

                // We add the cfg file (papertoolkit.cfg) listing the trusted directories
                // e.g., PaperToolkit/flash/bin
                File flashBinDir = new File(PaperToolkit.getToolkitRootPath(), "flash/bin");
                String pathToAuthorizeForFlash = flashBinDir.getAbsolutePath();
                
                File destFile = new File(flashPlayerTrustDir, "papertoolkit.cfg");
                FileUtils.writeStringToFile(pathToAuthorizeForFlash, destFile);
                DebugUtils.println("Whitelisted [PaperToolkit/flash/bin] to avoid Flash's Security Sandboxing for Local SWF files...");
        }
}

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