Re: Creating XPCOM module in C++ and VC

On Friday, January 31, 2014 2:27:06 AM UTC-8, Lukas Haase wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Is anyone successful in building a simple Hello-World XPCOM module for
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> current Firefox?
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> I can't get the current xulrunner-sdk working with VC and there is ZERO
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> doc with it (at least I don't find it). There are major syntax errors in
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> mozilla/TypeTraits.h which can only stem from an incompatibility or so.
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> For this reason, I used the SDK for Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 3.6). I can
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> successfully create a DLL based on outdated information:
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> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/How_to_build_a_binary_XPCOM_component_using_Visual_Studio
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> I copy this DLL including its xpt file to the components directory of my
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> extension, add to chrome.manifest:
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> interfaces components/IMyComponent.xpt
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> binary-component components/MyComponent.dll
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> and to install.rdf:
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> <em:unpack>true</em:unpack>
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> But the module does not register (can't be found with XPCOMViewer).
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> The information I find is so inconsistent that I do not even know where
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> to start debugging.
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> Any idea? Any help?
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> Thanks so much
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> Luke

i ran into similar issue.. i developed dll but my component is not recognized.
i developed .so file and i dont see that component in xpcom viewer