By using the nsIFilePicker you can get the absolute path to your destination according to the platform you are working on. The most basic problem…
Joshua DoodnauthFebruary 22, 2009
Here is my latest release of XRap (XulRunner Application Packager), this one is for packaging on Linux. This is a very rough release for me,…
Joshua DoodnauthFebruary 17, 2009
In my quest to create a packager for XULRunner apps, I figured I should use the Autotools to package up the app and distribute it…
Joshua DoodnauthFebruary 12, 2009
While trying to figure out where and how I am going to install XULRunner apps on to a Linux system, I realized a little nugget…
Joshua DoodnauthFebruary 2, 2009
XRap has been making use of a great program called WiX, which is used for packaging applications to deploy on the Windows platform. The only…
Joshua DoodnauthJanuary 24, 2009
Well its been a long time, a lot of reading, and a lot of learning (JavaScript and XUL), but I've managed to finally change over…
Joshua DoodnauthDecember 13, 2008
I thought it was impossible to run a program outside my XUL app, mainly because of some kind of JavaScript restriction. There are client-side restrictions…
Joshua DoodnauthDecember 4, 2008
Found two little functions in JavaScript to create a GUID function S4(){ return (((1+Math.random())*0x10000)|0).toString(16).substring(1); } function guid() { return (S4()+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+S4()+S4()); } Thanks to sj at…
Joshua DoodnauthDecember 2, 2008
Writing files in XUL isn't that much harder than reading a file, in fact its very similar. What a relief. In my example I am…
Joshua DoodnauthNovember 26, 2008
