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Sample XUL standalone application (windows exe)
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Shibu Narayanan
Feb 10, 2012, 1:51:50 AM2/10/12
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Hi,
Where can I get a sample XUL standalone application, one that compiles
to a windows exe?
Most of the opensource projects I have seen on the internet packages it
to XPI (plugin).
If it also contains a build (make) script, then it will be great.
-Shibu
Where can I get a sample XUL standalone application, one that compiles
to a windows exe?
Most of the opensource projects I have seen on the internet packages it
to XPI (plugin).
If it also contains a build (make) script, then it will be great.
-Shibu
Philipp Wagner
Feb 15, 2012, 8:35:36 AM2/15/12
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Hi,
Am 10.02.2012 07:51, Shibu Narayanan wrote:
> Where can I get a sample XUL standalone application, one that compiles
> to a windows exe?
You should have a directory structure like this
application.ini
chrome.manifest
...some more files...
xulrunnner
xulrunner/xulrunner-stub.exe
...
Just copy the xulrunner/xulrunner-stub.exe to the directory where the
application.ini lives, rename it however you like (e.g.
yourapplication.exe) and that's it. You can now start your application
with that exe.
> Most of the opensource projects I have seen on the internet packages it
> to XPI (plugin).
> If it also contains a build (make) script, then it will be great.
There is no need to build your own exe, just copy all files in the right
directories. Of course depending on your application build/release
process you can write a Makefile to do that for you.
Philipp
Am 10.02.2012 07:51, Shibu Narayanan wrote:
> Where can I get a sample XUL standalone application, one that compiles
> to a windows exe?
application.ini
chrome.manifest
...some more files...
xulrunnner
xulrunner/xulrunner-stub.exe
...
Just copy the xulrunner/xulrunner-stub.exe to the directory where the
application.ini lives, rename it however you like (e.g.
yourapplication.exe) and that's it. You can now start your application
with that exe.
> Most of the opensource projects I have seen on the internet packages it
> to XPI (plugin).
> If it also contains a build (make) script, then it will be great.
directories. Of course depending on your application build/release
process you can write a Makefile to do that for you.
Philipp
Shibu Narayanan
Feb 16, 2012, 1:42:10 AM2/16/12
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Thank you Michael and Philipp.
I downloaded the sample app from https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Getting_started_with_XULRunner
and put the xulrunner-stub.exe (got it from xulrunner installation directory) in the "root" directory and it works exactly as I wanted.
Now my directory structure looks like this(based on the above sample application)...
my-app-dir/
|--chrome/
|--defaults/
|--extantions/
|--updates/
|--application.ini
|--chrome.manifest
|--my-app.exe (newly added file. This was renamed from "xulrunner-stub.exe". This was copied from XULRunner installation dir)
-Shibu
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I downloaded the sample app from https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Getting_started_with_XULRunner
and put the xulrunner-stub.exe (got it from xulrunner installation directory) in the "root" directory and it works exactly as I wanted.
Now my directory structure looks like this(based on the above sample application)...
my-app-dir/
|--chrome/
|--defaults/
|--extantions/
|--updates/
|--application.ini
|--chrome.manifest
|--my-app.exe (newly added file. This was renamed from "xulrunner-stub.exe". This was copied from XULRunner installation dir)
-Shibu
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reverendlinux
Feb 21, 2012, 11:48:50 AM2/21/12
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Just wanted to say thanks for that tip. Although I haven't written
any XUL apps for Windows, this is a handy bit of info. I'll be
tucking it away for the future.
Cheers!
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