registerChrome - Archive of obsolete content
registerchrome registers chrome with the chrome registry.
... method of install object syntax int registerchrome( switch, srcdir, xpipath); parameters the registerchrome method has the following parameters: switch switch is the chrome switch indicating what type of file is being registered.
...in this case, registerchrome is supporting the old format of installation archives, in which the manifest.rdf file was always located at the highest level of the installation archive.
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Installer Script - Archive of obsolete content
registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"toolkit.xpi"),"content/global/"); 44.
... registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"browser.xpi"),"content/communicator/"); 45.
... registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"browser.xpi"),"content/editor/"); 46.
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Learn XPI Installer Scripting by Example - Archive of obsolete content
to register new netscape 6-based software (e.g., plug-ins, new components, new themes, new packages) with the chrome registry, you must use the registerchrome function of the install object.
... var cf = getfolder("chrome"); registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"toolkit.xpi"),"content/global/"); registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"browser.xpi"),"content/communicator/"); registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"browser.xpi"),"content/editor/"); registerchrome(content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"browser.xpi"),"content/navigator/"); registerchrome(skin | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"modern.jar"),"skin/modern/communicator/"); registerchrome(skin | delayed_chrome, getfolder(cf,"modern.jar"),"skin/modern/editor/"); ...
... in lines 42-58, registerchrome is called as many times as there are different directories that contain content that needs to be registered with the chrome registry.
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Install Scripts - Archive of obsolete content
this can be done with the registerchrome() function.
...because the find files dialog contains content, a skin file and a locale file, registerchrome() will need to be called three times.
... registerchrome(install.content | install.delayed_chrome, getfolder(finddir, "content")); registerchrome(install.skin | install.delayed_chrome, getfolder(finddir, "skin")); registerchrome(install.locale | install.delayed_chrome, getfolder(finddir, "locale")); the delayed_chrome flag is used to indicate that the chrome should be installed the next time mozilla is run.
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Install.js - Archive of obsolete content
install.profile_chrome : install.delayed_chrome; // register content install.registerchrome(install.content | installtype, jarpath, 'content/' + this.extshortname + '/'); // register locales for (var locale in this.extlocalenames) { var regpath = 'locale/' + this.extlocalenames[locale] + '/' + this.extshortname + '/'; install.registerchrome(install.locale | installtype, jarpath, regpath); } // register skins for (var skin in this.extskinnames) { var regpath ...
...= 'skin/' + this.extskinnames[skin] + '/' + this.extshortname + '/'; install.registerchrome(install.skin | installtype, jarpath, regpath); } // perform install var err = install.performinstall(); if (err == install.success || err == install.reboot_needed) { if (!this.silentinstall && this.extpostinstallmessage) { install.alert(this.extpostinstallmessage); } } else { this.handleerror(err); return; } }, parsearguments: function() { // can't use string handling in install, so use if statement instead var args = install.arguments; if (args == 'p=0') { this.profileinstall = false; this.silentinstall = true; } else if (args == 'p=1') { this.profileinstall = true; this.silentinstall = true; } }, handleerror: function(err) { if (...

Packaging WebLock
once triggered (see the weblock trigger script), the installation script: downloads the weblock component and places it in the components directory copies the weblock subdirectory in the mozilla chrome application subdirectory registers both the component and the ui the xpinstall api provides such essential methods[essential-methods] as initinstall, registerchrome, addfile, and others.
... // register the new ui with the mozilla chrome registry registerchrome(content, getfolder(cf,"weblock.xpi"),"weblock"); registerchrome(skin, getfolder(cf, "weblock.xpi"),"weblock"); // perform the installation if there are no errors if (err==success) performinstall(); else cancelinstall(err); the weblock trigger script the trigger script is the script placed on a web page that actually initiates an xpinstall installation and calls the installation script tha...

Making it into a dynamic overlay and packaging it up for distribution - Archive of obsolete content
ator.xul"> <rdf:li>chrome://tinderstatus/content/tinderstatusoverlay.xul</rdf:li> </rdf:seq> </rdf:rdf> install.js, on the other hand, goes into the tinderstatus-installer directory: initinstall( "mozilla tinderstatus extension", "/mozdev/tinderstatus", "0.1"); var installdir = getfolder("chrome","tinderstatus"); setpackagefolder(installdir); adddirectory("tinderstatus"); registerchrome( content | delayed_chrome, getfolder(installdir, "content")); var result = performinstall(); if ( result != success ) cancelinstall(result); once all the files are in place, use your zip utility from within the tinderstatus-installer directory to create a zip archive called tinderstatus.xpi with install.js and the entire contents of the tinderstatus/ directory.

Mozilla Application Framework in Detail - Archive of obsolete content
zilla software facilities for detecting and maintaining application versions high-level objects for manipulating local directories and files complete reference documentation, including useful example installations the following snippet from an xpinstall installation gives you some idea about how easy it is to write cross-platform installations that use the mozilla browser: // register chrome registerchrome(package | delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome","xmlterm.jar"), "content/xmlterm/"); registerchrome(skin | delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome","xmlterm.jar"), "skin/modern/xmlterm/"); registerchrome(locale | delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome","xmlterm.jar"), "locale/xmlterm/"); if (getlasterror() == success) performinstall(); else { alert("error detected: "+getlasterror()); cancelinstall()...

Creating XPI Installer Modules - Archive of obsolete content
for barley, that installation script should read as follows: // initinstall(name + version, name, version); var err = initinstall("barley v", "barley", ""); logcomment("initinstall: " + err); addfile("barley grain", // displayname from contents.rdf "barley.jar", // jar source getfolder("chrome"), // target folder ""); // target subdir // registerchrome(type, location, source) registerchrome(package | delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome","barley.jar"), "content/"); if (err==success) performinstall(); else cancelinstall(err); note that there is no version number on barley, and so the name + version parameter has a "v" and then nothing else.

Methods - Archive of obsolete content
registerchrome registers chrome with the chrome registry.

XPInstall API reference - Archive of obsolete content
ds adddirectory addfile alert cancelinstall confirm deleteregisteredfile execute gestalt getcomponentfolder getfolder getlasterror getwinprofile getwinregistry initinstall loadresources logcomment patch performinstall refreshplugins registerchrome reseterror setpackagefolder installtrigger no properties methods compareversion enabled getversion install installchrome startsoftwareupdate installversion properties methods compareto init tostring file no properties methods ...

SeaMonkey - making custom toolbar (SM ver. 1.x) - Archive of obsolete content
in your working directory, create a plain text file named: install.js copy the following content, and paste it into the new file: const title = "custom toolbar button" const name = "custombutton" const version = "1.0" r = initinstall(title, name, version) || adddirectory(null, "content", getfolder("chrome"), name) || registerchrome(content + delayed_chrome, getfolder("chrome", name), "") if (r) cancelinstall(r) else performinstall(), alert("now restart seamonkey") customize the title, name and (optionally) version definitions, changing the text between double-quote characters on those three lines.