Yes. I need to figure out how to package up a XULRunner app, so that it can be distributed and installed on to a Mac. From what I have been reading, there are two methods for installing on a Mac: The software publisher has provided an installer, which will automatically install the application The … Continue reading
I just wasted about 2 hours trying to figure out why my java servet won’t compile. The answer was actually very simple, so I want to save people that time, which I wasted. The error: package javax.servlet does not exist import javax.servlet.*; ^ 1 error This caused about 10 other errors, all related. You must … Continue reading
I needed some more space for storing each version of XRap, as I ran out of space on my previous account and had to take down some older releases to make room for the newer. I am pretty sure some of you have noticed some dead links. My solution, open up an account at Sourceforge, … Continue reading
I find that at least 80% of the time when I am on the computer, my hands are on the keyboard, and I use my mouse for only rudimentary tasks, like starting a program, finding a file, or clicking a weblink. I pretty much use the keyboard for everything else, changing windows, paging through text, … Continue reading
For my 0.6 release of XRap, I have managed to merge my 0.4 Windows release and 0.5 Linux release into one. I have had to refactor much of my 0.4 code to be compatible with my 0.5 and on Linux. An important feature which I added is the File Picker, which is a dialog box … Continue reading
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 in navigating between Windows and Linux is the direction of the slash which separates the directories in the path. By using the nsIFilePicker you can avoid having to deal with … Continue reading
Probably once of the most simple but useful interfaces that I have come across is the nsIFilePicker. This interface will allow the end-user to use a dialog for loading or saving a file, or getting folder for use in your application. In my case I just need the user to get the path to a … Continue reading
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, the UI is still clunky, but I am getting new ideas on how to make the experience more streamlined. Getting Autotools to work correctly has been an overblown stress, but … Continue reading
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 as a tarball. This will allow the developer to distribute on any flavor of Linux, and the end-user will just need to do the standard untar, configure, make, install. For … Continue reading
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