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Your First Xulrunner-based application

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Daniel Glazman

This document discusses how to create your first application using XULrunner. It explains that XULrunner is Firefox without the browser chrome and provides the Gecko rendering engine and toolkit. It outlines downloading and extracting XULrunner, describes the basic structure and files needed for a XULrunner application including the application.ini, chrome.manifest and main window file. It also covers running the application, packaging it, and points to additional resources.

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Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Daniel Glazman Disruptive Innovations MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application What is XULrunner in short, Firefox without all its chrome more correctly, a runtime for Gecko and the toolkit MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 2
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Downloads You dont need to build XULrunner if you already have Firefox 3 and limit yourself to chrome firefox -app path/to/application.ini or download and unzip XULrunner from ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/xulrunner/releases/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 3
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Structure Top dir chrome content main.xul chrome.manifest defaults preferences prefs.js application.ini MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 4
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application application.ini very simple 鍖le declaring your apps metadata [App] Name=MyFirstApp Vendor=My Own Organization Version=0.1 BuildID=20090328 ID=myfirstapp@myownorg.org Copyright= Copyright 2009 My Own Organization [Gecko] MinVersion=1.9 MaxVersion=1.9.0.* MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 5
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Basic chrome.manifest basically a mapping between chrome:// URLs and the 鍖lesystem content myfirstapp file:content/ you can also package and compress the 鍖les creating a jar content myfirstapp jar:myfirstapp.jar!/content/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 6
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application More chrome.manifest add a skin skin myfirstapp classic/1.0 jar:myfirstapp.jar!/skin/ add a locale locale myfirstapp en-US jar:myfirstapp.jar!/locale/en-US/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 7
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application apps preferences pref(quot;toolkit.defaultChromeURLquot;, quot;chrome://myfirstapp/content/main.xulquot;); prefs for debugging prefs for user-agent or cache prefs for extension manager and XPInstall prefs for protocol handlers prefs for preferences window :-) MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 8
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Your main window <?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?> <?xml-stylesheet href=quot;chrome://global/skin/quot; type=quot;text/cssquot;?> <?xml-stylesheet href=quot;chrome://myfirstapp/skin/main.cssquot; type=quot;text/cssquot;?> <!DOCTYPE window SYSTEM quot;chrome://myfirstapp/locale/main.dtdquot;> <window id=quot;mainquot; title=quot;&window.title;quot; width=quot;600quot; height=quot;400quot; xmlns=quot;http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/ there.is.only.xulquot;> <label value=quot;Guten Tag Berlin !quot;/> <button label=quot;Dankequot; oncommand=quot;window.close();quot;/> </window> MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 9
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Running your app Windows xulrunner.exe application.ini Mac (with restrictions) /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin `pwd`/application.ini Linux xulrunner application.ini MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 10
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Package your app Zip it into a *.app 鍖le call xulrunner -install-app `pwd`/my鍖rstapp.zip Installs inside c:Program Files or /Library on Mac MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 11
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application More complex stuff Add jsm modules Add icon to application.ini Add Venkman and Document Inspector Build a single executable with xulrunner... Update your app like Firefox... Extensions management MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 12
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Links https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner_tips https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner/Deploying_XULRunner_1.8 http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/XULRunner_Guide_Outline MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 13
Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Questions ? MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 14

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  • 1. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Daniel Glazman Disruptive Innovations MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009
  • 2. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application What is XULrunner in short, Firefox without all its chrome more correctly, a runtime for Gecko and the toolkit MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 2
  • 3. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Downloads You dont need to build XULrunner if you already have Firefox 3 and limit yourself to chrome firefox -app path/to/application.ini or download and unzip XULrunner from ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/xulrunner/releases/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 3
  • 4. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Structure Top dir chrome content main.xul chrome.manifest defaults preferences prefs.js application.ini MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 4
  • 5. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application application.ini very simple 鍖le declaring your apps metadata [App] Name=MyFirstApp Vendor=My Own Organization Version=0.1 BuildID=20090328 ID=myfirstapp@myownorg.org Copyright= Copyright 2009 My Own Organization [Gecko] MinVersion=1.9 MaxVersion=1.9.0.* MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 5
  • 6. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Basic chrome.manifest basically a mapping between chrome:// URLs and the 鍖lesystem content myfirstapp file:content/ you can also package and compress the 鍖les creating a jar content myfirstapp jar:myfirstapp.jar!/content/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 6
  • 7. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application More chrome.manifest add a skin skin myfirstapp classic/1.0 jar:myfirstapp.jar!/skin/ add a locale locale myfirstapp en-US jar:myfirstapp.jar!/locale/en-US/ MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 7
  • 8. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application apps preferences pref(quot;toolkit.defaultChromeURLquot;, quot;chrome://myfirstapp/content/main.xulquot;); prefs for debugging prefs for user-agent or cache prefs for extension manager and XPInstall prefs for protocol handlers prefs for preferences window :-) MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 8
  • 9. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Your main window <?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?> <?xml-stylesheet href=quot;chrome://global/skin/quot; type=quot;text/cssquot;?> <?xml-stylesheet href=quot;chrome://myfirstapp/skin/main.cssquot; type=quot;text/cssquot;?> <!DOCTYPE window SYSTEM quot;chrome://myfirstapp/locale/main.dtdquot;> <window id=quot;mainquot; title=quot;&window.title;quot; width=quot;600quot; height=quot;400quot; xmlns=quot;http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/ there.is.only.xulquot;> <label value=quot;Guten Tag Berlin !quot;/> <button label=quot;Dankequot; oncommand=quot;window.close();quot;/> </window> MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 9
  • 10. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Running your app Windows xulrunner.exe application.ini Mac (with restrictions) /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin `pwd`/application.ini Linux xulrunner application.ini MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 10
  • 11. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Package your app Zip it into a *.app 鍖le call xulrunner -install-app `pwd`/my鍖rstapp.zip Installs inside c:Program Files or /Library on Mac MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 11
  • 12. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application More complex stuff Add jsm modules Add icon to application.ini Add Venkman and Document Inspector Build a single executable with xulrunner... Update your app like Firefox... Extensions management MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 12
  • 13. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Links https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner_tips https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner/Deploying_XULRunner_1.8 http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/XULRunner_Guide_Outline MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 13
  • 14. Your 鍖rst XULrunner-based application Questions ? MAOW Berlin 28-mar-2009 -- Daniel Glazman 14