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Installation
Intallation involves getting the program's package (either as a file structure or as a jar
file - xulmaker uses a jar file) copied to Mozilla's "chrome" directory and having the package registered in the chrome registry.
This can be a very complicated operation if done manually but fortunately there's a one click solution.
Clicking on a link to an xpi
file accomplishes all this in one step
- the package downloads to your "chrome" directory and is then registered in the chrome registry.
We refer to this as an "XPI INSTALL".
We provide a little bit of flexibility for those who want more control in performing the installation.
A simple two step process separates out the download so that you have a local copy of the
xpi
file - the xpi
file is downloaded to a location of your choice, and
then you execute the local xpi
file to copy it to your "chrome" directory and register it in the chrome registry.
We refer to this as an "XPI DOWNLOAD".
Another method is to download the program's package as a jar file and then to copy this, either as a
jar
file or unzipped, into the chrome directory and to manually perform the chrome registration.
We refer to this as a "JAR DOWNLOAD".
Launching
There are several possible ways of launching XULMaker after it has been installed successfully.
(1) Launching from a menuitem in Mozilla (or Netscape)
When xulmaker
is installed, it creates a XULMaker
menuitem on the Tools | Web Development
menu
of your Mozilla browser. The command of this menuitem launches xulmaker
to run in its
own window. Similarly, a Book - Creating Applications with Mozilla
menuitem is created on the Tools | Web Development
menu
of your Mozilla browser, as well as on the Help
menu of the xulmaker
application,
when installing mozilla_book
.
(2) Launching from a command line
In addition, you could launch xulmaker
with the command:
./mozilla.exe -chrome chrome:/xulmaker/content/
, where the "." should be replaced
by the path name of the mozilla installation. On a Windows platform you could create a
desktop icon (start by copying the mozilla icon) and setting the properties to this command.