Re: Installing xmlextras on Thunderbird [static build stuff?]

Paul Sinnett wrote:
> Axel Hecht wrote:
> 
>> Paul Sinnett wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Gentoo Linux install with Firefox and Thunderbird. Firefox
>>>  seems to come with the xmlextras component already installed, but
>>>  Thunderbird doesn't for some reason.
>>>
>>> How can I install this component manually so that Thunderbird 
>>> recognizes it?
>>>
>>> I tried installing it myself by copying the files xmlextras.xpt and
>>>  libxmlextras.so from my Firefox components directory (which does
>>> have this installed) and running regxpcom.
>>>
>>> Then I checked to make sure the components were installed in
>>> xpti.dat, and they are now. But still I get the error XMLSerializer
>>> is not defined from the Javascript console. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> PS. Both Thunderbird and Firefox come with their own version of 
>>> xpcshell, but I can't get either to recognize any xmlextras 
>>> components, even though it does work in the Firefox Javascript
>>> window!
>>
>>
>>
>> In xpcshell, there are no DOM class info extensions, as that doesn't
>> use nsGlobalWindow as global object. Or so.
>>
>> You could try to instantiate the xmlserializer directly by contract
>> id,
>>
>> ser = 
>> Components.classes["@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlserializer;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIDOMSerializer) 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Axel
> 
> 
> Thanks Axel, that seems to work in both xpcshells. In both cases it 
> returns:
> 
> [xpconnect wrapped nsIDOMSerializer]
> 
> It also works from my Firefox Javascript window, and returns:
> 
> [object XMLSerializer]
> 
> But it doesn't work from the Thunderbird Javascript window. This one 
> returns:
> 
> Error: Components.classes['@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlserializer;1'] has 
> no properties
> 
> Does this mean I'm missing the bit that maps nsIDOMSerializer to the 
> name XMLSerializer? If so, how do I go about installing that? All I have 
> done so far is to copy the files run regxpcom...

I have no clue, but this may really be more of an xpcom question.
Maybe something tricky with static builds?

Axel