Comments on: XUL Explorer 0.3 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kevin Whitefoot http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1668 Kevin Whitefoot Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:32:57 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1668 Source is included. And there is a link to a source only archive at the top of this page. Source is included. And there is a link to a source only archive at the top of this page.

]]> By: Steven Bengtson http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1638 Steven Bengtson Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:56:17 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1638 Hey, can you make a linux build (deb?) for this? Or if I could get the source to build it that would be great! Hey, can you make a linux build (deb?) for this? Or if I could get the source to build it that would be great!

]]> By: Kevin Whitefoot http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1004 Kevin Whitefoot Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:18:57 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-1004 Firstly, thanks for making such a useful tool as XUL Explorer. Of course after the praise comes the problem :-) I'm very new to XUL development so I am just trying out little snippets of code. I thought it would be a useful exercise to read and write a registry key, and I was right as it turned out to be quite complicated. With the help of various web sites and search engines I found that I had to obtain elevated privileges so I added this: netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect"); before calling the registry interface. If I open the xul file in Firefox it causes a dialog box to pop up asking if I want to allow this. I answer yes and it works perfectly. In XUL Explorer no such question is asked, instead I get the following exception: A script from "about:blank" was denied UniversalXPConnect privileges. So is there anything I can do to modify the settings in XUL Explorer to allow this to run? Kevin Whitefoot. Here is my code: Firstly, thanks for making such a useful tool as XUL Explorer.

Of course after the praise comes the problem :-)

I’m very new to XUL development so I am just trying out little snippets of code. I thought it would be a useful exercise to read and write a registry key, and I was right as it turned out to be quite complicated.

With the help of various web sites and search engines I found that I had to obtain elevated privileges so I added this:

netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege(”UniversalXPConnect”);

before calling the registry interface. If I open the xul file in Firefox it causes a dialog box to pop up asking if I want to allow this. I answer yes and it works perfectly. In XUL Explorer no such question is asked, instead I get the following exception:

A script from “about:blank” was denied UniversalXPConnect privileges.

So is there anything I can do to modify the settings in XUL Explorer to allow this to run?

Kevin Whitefoot.

Here is my code:

]]> By: Jonathan http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-863 Jonathan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:36:24 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-863 Found this before, doesn't work on any Firefox version I have though. (1.04 -> 3.0a3pre) http://xulmaker.mozdev.org/ Found this before, doesn’t work on any Firefox version I have though. (1.04 -> 3.0a3pre)

http://xulmaker.mozdev.org/

]]> By: pd http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-858 pd Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:17:41 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/02/xul-explorer-03/#comment-858 Congrats on the progress Mark, it's great to see. As usual it seems this sort of ultra useful tool will come from the initiative of one person rather than the big project it should be. That's great but also much pressure on you. Have you considered inviting contributions and building the editor into a larger project? One thing I can really see on the horizon would be a 'behaviours' (excuse the Dreamweaver term) picker to the property editor or somewhere else. This would allow XUL Explorer to really create programs rather than just interfaces which is seems limited to atm. I hope that yourself and Jon Resig have this in the back of your minds but just don't want to tell anyone yet :) XUL Explorer + Fuel + Firebug + packaging (extension or XULRunner app) ... ooh boy what a dream :) Congrats on the progress Mark, it’s great to see. As usual it seems this sort of ultra useful tool will come from the initiative of one person rather than the big project it should be. That’s great but also much pressure on you. Have you considered inviting contributions and building the editor into a larger project?

One thing I can really see on the horizon would be a ‘behaviours’ (excuse the Dreamweaver term) picker to the property editor or somewhere else. This would allow XUL Explorer to really create programs rather than just interfaces which is seems limited to atm.

I hope that yourself and Jon Resig have this in the back of your minds but just don’t want to tell anyone yet :) XUL Explorer + Fuel + Firebug + packaging (extension or XULRunner app) … ooh boy what a dream :)

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