Extension Manager Setup

[Rick Nelson]

I would like to use the extension manager and enable extensions in my application I'm working on, but the XUL documentation is really lacking, and I can't find any instructions anywhere. Is there anyone on here who knows how to enable extensions and setup the extension manager in stand-alone XUL applications?

Thanks for your time.

[Mook]

On 05/03/2013 09:00 PM, Rick Nelson wrote:
> I would like to use the extension manager and enable extensions in my application I'm working on, but the XUL documentation is really lacking, and I can't find any instructions anywhere. Is there anyone on here who knows how to enable extensions and setup the extension manager in stand-alone XUL applications?

I believe you need three things:

1) Enable extension manager support, via
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XUL_Application_Packaging#The_.5BXRE.5D_section

2) Make sure you have an appropriate branding package:
https://developer.mozilla.org/ko/docs/XULRunner_tips#_Branding_

3) Give your user some want to access the extension manager
(about:addons). There's no interesting documentation for this as for as
I know, since it's just a very boring "open that URL" - looking at how
Thunderbird or Instantbird do it might be useful, I guess.

HTH,

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Mook