Index of archived content - Archive of obsolete content
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... xul explorer xulrunner application update article building xulrunner building xulrunner with python commandline components creating xulrunner apps with the mozilla build system creating a windows inno setup installer for xulrunner applications custom app bundles for mac os x debugging a xulrunner application deploying xulrunner dialogs in xulrunner getting started with xulrunner how to enable locale switching in a xulrunner application macfaq make your xulrunner app match the system locale opening a link in the default browser specifying startup ch...

Localizing an extension - Archive of obsolete content
string bundles are created by establishing a property file that maps keys to string values.
...we do this by creating a string bundle, using the following code: <stringbundleset id="stringbundleset"> <stringbundle id="string-bundle" src="chrome://stockwatcher2/locale/stockwatcher2.properties"/> </stringbundleset> this establishes a new string bundle, referenced by the id "string-bundle", whose keys and values are to be loaded from the stockwatcher2.properties file we've already created.

BundleLibrary - Archive of obsolete content
note: these bundles have not be tested with the latest version of prism and probably won't run.
...bundles gmail: gmail.webapp google calendar: gcalendar.webapp google docs: gdocs.webapp google groups: groups.webapp google analytics: ganalytics.webapp google reader: greader.webapp facebook: facebook.webapp twitter: twitter.webapp user contributed bundles gmail w/gtalk: gmail.webapp (note: work with latest version of prism!) 32 online todo lists: zip file with web apps for 32 online todo lists anywhere.fm: anywhere.fm@prism.app.webapp a service that lets you upload your entire music library to their servers and listen from anywhere through a slick flash interface.

Index - Archive of obsolete content
stringbundles should be placed inside a stringbundleset element.
... 1181 stringbundleset xul elements, xul reference a container for stringbundle elements.

XUL Reference - Archive of obsolete content
popup menuseparator notification notificationbox observes overlay page panel param popupset preference preferences prefpane prefwindow progressmeter query queryset radio radiogroup resizer richlistbox richlistitem row rows rule scale script scrollbar scrollbox scrollcorner separator spacer spinbuttons splitter stack statusbar statusbarpanel stringbundle stringbundleset tab tabbrowser (firefox-only starting with firefox 3/gecko 1.9) tabbox tabpanel tabpanels tabs template textnode textbox textbox (firefox autocomplete) textbox (mozilla autocomplete) timepicker titlebar toolbar toolbarbutton toolbargrippy toolbaritem toolbarpalette toolbarseparator toolbarset toolbarspacer toolbarspring toolbox tooltip tree treecell treechildren tree...
...item tree treecell treechildren treecol treecols treeitem treerow treeseparator box hbox vbox bbox deck stack grid columns column rows row scrollbox action assign binding bindings conditions content member param query queryset rule template textnode triple where script commandset command broadcaster broadcasterset observes key keyset stringbundle stringbundleset arrowscrollbox dropmarker grippy scrollbar scrollcorner spinbuttons all attributes all properties all methods attributes defined for all xul elements style classes event handlers deprecated/defunct markup ...

Building a Theme - Archive of obsolete content
setting up the development environment themes and extensions are packaged and distributed in zip files or bundles, with the xpi (pronounced “zippy”) file extension.
...css, xul, and other files are part of "chrome packages" - bundles of user interface components which are loaded via chrome:// uris.

Package management basics - Learn web development
parcel provides an additional command to generate files that are suited to publication, making bundles (mentioned earlier) with the build option.
... although the list grows by the month, there are three main offerings for tools that generate bundles from our source code: webpack, rollup, and parcel.

Application Translation with Mercurial
mozilla-aurora.hg) from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/bundles/ the file is not small, but after initially downloading it, you only need to download the latest changes in the future.
...comm-aurora.hg) from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/bundles/ in the next step, we will unpack the source code: open an input shell, e.g.

nsIStringBundle
alternatively, a string bundle can be created within a javascript context with nsistringbundleservice.
... see also xul:stringbundle xul tutorial:property files nsistringbundleservice ...

XPI
xpi modules (so called "bundles") are employed to install a wide variety of software, including plugins, extensions, themes, and thunderbird dictionaries.
... see also bundles xpinstall creating xpi installer modules ...

Web Performance
analyzing javascript bundles no doubt, javascript is a big part of modern web development.
...in this guide, we'll show you how to analyze your application's script bundles, so you know what you're using, as well how to detect if your app contains duplicated scripts between bundles.

Extension Packaging - Archive of obsolete content
official references for toolkit api structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications chrome regist...

How to convert an overlay extension to restartless - Archive of obsolete content
(at minimum, when strings are added/removed) the apparently accepted solution to reliably load new versions is to always create bundles with a unique url so as to bypass the cache.

Chapter 5: Let's build a Firefox extension - Archive of obsolete content
var gmyextensionbundle = components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"].getservice(components.interfaces.nsistringbundleservice); var _bundle = gmyextensionbundle.createbundle("chrome://myextension/locale/myextension.properties") you can now use your string substitutes in the .js where they are needed: see examples below if ( password == userpassword ) { oprefs.setboolpref("access.authenticated", true); } else { alert (_bundle.getstringfromname("wrongpassmessage")); function clear() { sure = confirm(_bu...

The Box Model - Archive of obsolete content
one possibility is to use special markup in a locale property so that the link can be easily recognized: xulschoolhello.linkedtext.label = go to <a>our site</a> for more information the syntax is similar to html because it's easier to read this way, but string bundles won't do anything special with it.

Structure of an installable bundle - Archive of obsolete content
official references for toolkit api structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications ...

Creating a Firefox sidebar extension - Archive of obsolete content
packages extensions to firefox are installed with packages ("bundles").

Install Wizards (aka: Stub Installers) - Archive of obsolete content
see bundles for the current documentation.

Learn XPI Installer Scripting by Example - Archive of obsolete content
when you install new chrome, for example, like the browser.xpi install does, you need to alert the chrome registry to these changes, so that skins, user preferences, packaging lists, and localization bundles will all track the new software.

Printing from a XUL App - Archive of obsolete content
structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications chrome registration printing in xul apps ...

The Joy of XUL - Archive of obsolete content
xul provides a clear separation among the client application definition and programmatic logic ("content" consisting of xul, xbl, and javascript), presentation ("skin" consisting of css and images), and language-specific text labels ("locale" consisting of dtds and string bundles in .properties files).

Creating an Installer - Archive of obsolete content
function donefn ( name , result ){ if (result) alert("an error occured: " + result); } var xpi = new object(); xpi["find files"] = "findfile.xpi"; installtrigger.install(xpi,donefn); the xpi archive note: if you want to create a new xulrunner application, extension, or theme, see bundles.

Window icons - Archive of obsolete content
global icon files currently take precedence and bundles are only searched for icons which are not provided by the application.

Accessibility/XUL Accessibility Reference - Archive of obsolete content
treechildren see tree treecol see tree treecols see tree treeitem see tree treerow see tree elements that do not expose anything to screen readers/have no discovered accessibility issues yet: arrowscrollbox bbox box grippy hbox menuseparator overlay page script spacer splitter stringbundle stringbundleset vbox window elements not processed yet: action binding bindings broadcaster broadcasterset conditions content dialog dialogheader editor listcell member observes preference preferences prefpane prefwindow resizer richlistbox richlistitem resizer rule scrollbar scrollbox scrollcorner separator template textnode titlebar toolbar toolbarbutton toolbargrippy ...

elements - Archive of obsolete content
menulist menupopup menuseparator o observes overlay p page popup popupset preference preferences prefpane prefwindow progressmeter r radio radiogroup resizer richlistbox richlistitem resizer row rows rule s script scrollbar scrollbox scrollcorner separator spacer splitter stack statusbar statusbarpanel stringbundle stringbundleset t tab tabbrowser tabbox tabpanel tabpanels tabs template textnode textbox titlebar toolbar toolbarbutton toolbargrippy toolbaritem toolbarpalette toolbarseparator toolbarset toolbarspacer toolbarspring toolbox tooltip tree treecell treechildren treecol treecols treeitem treerow treeseparator triple v vbox w window wizard ...

stringbundle - Archive of obsolete content
stringbundles should be placed inside a stringbundleset element.

Debugging a XULRunner Application - Archive of obsolete content
create a directory <application>/distribution/bundles/venkman.

Deploying XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
runner</string> <key>cfbundlegetinfostring</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>cfbundleiconfile</key> <string>app_icon.icns</string> <key>cfbundleidentifier</key> <string>net.yourcompany.yourapplication</string> <key>cfbundleinfodictionaryversion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>cfbundlename</key> <string>applicationname</string> <key>cfbundlepackagetype</key> <string>appl</string> <key>cfbundleshortversionstring</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>cfbundlesignature</key> <string>????</string> <!--only useful if your app handle urls--> <key>cfbundleurltypes</key> <array> <dict> <key>cfbundleurliconfile</key> <string>app_icon.icns</string> <key>cfbundleurlname</key> <string>yourapp entity</string> <key>cfbundleurlschemes</key> <array> <string>chrome</string...

Getting started with XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
for more details on the structure of installable bundles in general see: structure of an installable bundle.

XUL Application Packaging - Archive of obsolete content
xulrunner application packages are standard toolkit bundles (like a firefox extension), with one additional manifest file (application.ini) which helps describe the application.

Shipping a plugin as a Toolkit bundle - Archive of obsolete content
bundle structure toolkit bundles can be used for all add-ons including extensions, themes and plugins.

E4X for templating - Archive of obsolete content
l') { return s.tostring().replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&apos;'); } return string(s).replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&apos;'); } localization e4x works nicely with a simple utility for localizing strings of a properties file: // localization function $s(msg, args){ //get localized message var strs = cc['@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1'].getservice(ci.nsistringbundleservice).

Index - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
81 code splitting glossary, reference, web performance, code splitting, latency code splitting is the splitting of code into various bundles or components which can then be loaded on demand or in parallel.

Getting started with Ember - Learn web development
components are individual bundles of behavior, style, and markup — much like what other frontend frameworks provide, such as react, vue, and angular.

Handling common JavaScript problems - Learn web development
we did this manually, but there are cleverer solutions that will automatically generate bundles for you — see browserify (see getting started with browserify for a basic tutorial).

Client-side tooling overview - Learn web development
parcel is a particularly clever tool that fits into this category — it can do the above tasks, but also helps to package assets like html, css, and image files into convenient bundles that you can then go on to deploy, and also adds dependencies for you automatically whenever you try to use them.

Chrome registration
structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications chrome regist...

Old Thunderbird build
it is faster and more efficient to use mercurial bundles instead the first time you fetch the complete repo.

Simple Instantbird build
it is faster and more efficient to use mercurial bundles instead the first time you fetch the complete repo.

Error codes returned by Mozilla APIs
ns_base_stream_illegal_args (0x80470004) ns_base_stream_no_converter (0x80470005) ns_base_stream_bad_conversion (0x80470006) this error occurs when the component nsistringbundleservice has been set with a badly encoded property file.

Roll your own browser: An embedding how-to
other initialization must be done to start up event queues and load some string bundles.

Services.jsm
ce scriptloader mozijssubscriptloader javascript subscript loader service scriptsecuritymanager nsiscriptsecuritymanager script security manager search nsibrowsersearchservice browser search service startup nsiappstartup application startup service storage mozistorageservice storage api service strings nsistringbundleservice string bundle service sysinfo nsipropertybag2 system info service telemetry nsitelemetry telemetry service tm nsithreadmanager thread manager service urifixup nsiurifixup uri fixup service urlformatter nsiurlformatter url formatter service vc nsiversioncomparator version comparator service ...

XPCOMUtils.jsm
for example, if an extension named "myextension" bundles foo.jsm and bar.jsm, and foo.jsm needs to load bar.jsm, it can do so like this: components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/xpcomutils.jsm"); xpcomutils.importrelative(this, "bar.jsm"); in other words: importrelative will only work from other code modules (such as jsm files).

Localization and Plurals
downloads.xul: <stringbundleset> <stringbundle id="strings" src="chrome://downloads.properties"/> </stringbundleset> downloads.properties: # localization note (downloadstitlefiles): semi-colon list of plural forms.

Getting SpiderMonkey source code
that page also contains links to several bundles, which can be useful if you have a poor network connection.

Running Automated JavaScript Tests
the valid options are named bundles like 'all', 'interp', 'none', etc.

Security and the jar protocol
java archive (jar) files are simply zip compressed bundles of files.

Toolkit API
these services include: profile management chrome registration browsing history extension and theme management application update service safe mode printing official references structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications ...

Building the WebLock UI
in addition to dtds, the localization parts of a user interface may also include string bundles in which strings that are used in the interface javascript can be similarly replaced.

mozilla::services namespace
for example, to obtain a reference to the ioservice: nscomptr<nsiioservice> ioservice = mozilla::services::getioservice(); provided service getters service accessor service interface service name getchromeregistryservice nsichromeregistryservice chrome registry service getioservice nsiioservice io service getobserverservice nsiobserverservice observer service getstringbundleservice nsistringbundleservice string bundle service gettoolkitchromeregistryservice nsitoolkitchromeregistry toolkit chrome registry service getxulchromeregistryservice nsixulchromeregistry xul chrome registry service getxuloverlayproviderservice nsixuloverlayprovider xul overlay provider service more services will be added as needed.

nsIErrorService
xpcom/base/nsierrorservice.idlscriptable this is a service that allows nsresult codes to be mapped to string bundles that can be used to look up error messages.

nsIProcess
note: this function does not work with application bundles on mac os x, see bug 307463 for details.

nsIStringBundleOverride
to create an instance, use: var stringbundleservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle/text-override;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsistringbundleoverride); note: you should never need to use this service directly.

XPCOM Interface Reference
siselectionprivatensiserversocketnsiserversocketlistenernsiservicemanagernsisessionstartupnsisessionstorensisimpleenumeratornsismsdatabaseservicensismsrequestmanagernsismsservicensisocketprovidernsisocketproviderservicensisockettransportnsisockettransportservicensisoundnsispeculativeconnectnsistackframensistandardurlnsistreamconverternsistreamlistenernsistringbundlensistringbundleoverridensistringbundleservicensistringenumeratornsistructuredclonecontainernsistylesheetservicensisupportsnsisupports proxiesnsisupportsarraynsisupportscstringnsisupportscharnsisupportsdoublensisupportsfloatnsisupportsidnsisupportsinterfacepointernsisupportsprboolnsisupportsprint16nsisupportsprint32nsisupportsprint64nsisupportsprtimensisupportspruint8nsisupportspruint16nsisupportspruint32nsisupportspruint64nsisupportspr...

XPCOM Interface Reference by grouping
eadervisitor nsiidnservice nsiprotocolhandler nsiprotocolproxycallback nsiprotocolproxyfilter nsiprotocolproxyservice nsiproxyinfo preferences nsiiniparser nsiiniparserfactory nsiprefbranch nsiprefbranch2 nsipreflocalizedstring nsiprefservice nsistringbundle nsistringbundleservice security cookies nsicookie nsicookie2 nsicookieacceptdialog nsicookieconsent nsicookiemanager nsicookiemanager2 nsicookiepermission nsicookiepromptservice nsicookieservice nsicookiestorage nsisessionstore ...

Using nsISimpleEnumerator
terface(components.interfaces.nsipropertyelement); s += property.key + ' = ' + property.value + ';\n'; } alert(s); example using javascript 1.7 features // creates a generator iterating over enum's values function generatorfromsimpleenumerator(enum, interface) { while (enum.hasmoreelements()) { yield enum.getnext().queryinterface(interface); } } var b = document.getelementbyid("stringbundleset").firstchild var props = generatorfromenumerator(b.strings, components.interfaces.nsipropertyelement); var s = ""; for (let property in props) { s += property.key + ' = ' + property.value + ';\n'; } alert(s); links code based on using_nsipasswordmanager nsisimpleenumerator xul:property:strings ...

Index
75 building a thunderbird extension 2: extension file layout extensions, thunderbird extensions are packaged and distributed in archive files (also known as bundles), with the xpi (pronounced “zippy”) file extension.

Building a Thunderbird extension 2: extension file layout
extensions are packaged and distributed in archive files (also known as bundles), with the xpi (pronounced “zippy”) file extension.

Theme Packaging
structure of an installable bundle: describes the common structure of installable bundles, including extensions, themes, and xulrunner applications extension packaging: specific information about how to package extensions theme packaging: specific information about how to package themes multiple-item extension packaging: specific information about multiple-item extension xpis xul application packaging: specific information about how to package xulrunner applications chrome regist...

Mozilla
xpi modules (so called " bundles") are employed to install a wide variety of software, including plugins, extensions, themes, and thunderbird dictionaries.

RTCConfiguration.bundlePolicy - Web APIs
the fewer rtp transports or bundles of rtp streams you have, the better the network performance will be.

Performance budgets - Web Performance
bundlesize, allows you to define and run file size checks in your ci pipeline.