On 10/8/07, nhlpens66 wrote:
> I'm trying to create a multiple item package as described on the
> Mozilla Developer Center http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...Item_Packaging.
>
> Does anyone have a complete, working example?
>
If no-one does, we should create it. If you're having trouble with
creating one, send me a simplified testcase you created and I'll try
to make a working one out of it.

Nickolay

Nickolay Ponomarev wrote:
> On 10/8/07, nhlpens66 wrote:
>> I'm trying to create a multiple item package as described on the
>> Mozilla Developer Center http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...Item_Packaging.
>>
>> Does anyone have a complete, working example?
>>
> If no-one does, we should create it. If you're having trouble with
> creating one, send me a simplified testcase you created and I'll try
> to make a working one out of it.
>
> Nickolay

Not to mention this blurb: "A Multiple Item Package does not have the
same requirements as an Extension for its install.rdf. The only required
items are em:id, em:targetApplication, and em:type."

Which makes me think that there is no hash requirement here, which could
lead to security issues, or a simple way to bypass the updateURL/hash
requirements?

--
Michael Vincent van Rantwijk
- MultiZilla Project Team Lead
- XUL Boot Camp Staff member (ActiveState Training Partner)
- iPhone Application Developer

Okay. I've listed an install.rdf file that actually works. My
problem, it turns out is in one of my bundled sub packages. This is
the error I originally had attributed to the multi item package.
"Firefox could not install this item because
"install-8wp..rdf" (provided by the item) is not well-formed or does
not exist."

Turns out that one of the sub packages uses an install script instead
of an rdf manifest file. If I remove this xpi file from the top-level
package, all is well. If I install the sub package stand-alone, all
is well. It's only when I bundle the sub package in with the multi
item package that the install fails.

It subsequently barks again after dismissing the first error box:
"Firefox could not install the file at file:///C:/myproject/install.xpi
because: Unexpected installation error. Review the Error Console log
for more details. -203." I guess this is what threw me off because my
top-level package is install.xpi. All bundled packages have different
names.

This probably falls under a new thread, but now my problem is this:
how to create an installer script using just a javascript file
install.js. I don't need to register any chrome.

The back story is this. I just want to launch a windows installer
program as part of my extension installer.

I'm using this javascript file install.js:

var XpiInstaller = {
install: function()
{
initInstall("Some Title","setup.exe","1.0");
Install.execute("setup.exe");
performInstall();
};

XpiInstaller.install();


I can't distribute install.js and install.rdf together because of a
schema change between install manager version in firefox.

Therefore, I could find a way to invoke a script from the manifest
file install.rdf, or, I could break the install into components, one
with the new style of using install.rdf, and one with the old style of
using install.js. So I did the latter. Now, I'm just trying to get
the multi install package to work with the javascript sub package.

Here's the multi item package install.rdf:


xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#">


arseType="Integer">32

multixpi@extenzilla.org
MultiXPI
0.1




{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
1.5
2.0.0.*

nhlpens66 wrote:
> Okay. I've listed an install.rdf file that actually works. My
> problem, it turns out is in one of my bundled sub packages. This is
> the error I originally had attributed to the multi item package.
> "Firefox could not install this item because
> "install-8wp..rdf" (provided by the item) is not well-formed or does
> not exist."
>
> Turns out that one of the sub packages uses an install script instead
> of an rdf manifest file. If I remove this xpi file from the top-level
> package, all is well. If I install the sub package stand-alone, all
> is well. It's only when I bundle the sub package in with the multi
> item package that the install fails.
>
> It subsequently barks again after dismissing the first error box:
> "Firefox could not install the file at file:///C:/myproject/install.xpi
> because: Unexpected installation error. Review the Error Console log
> for more details. -203." I guess this is what threw me off because my
> top-level package is install.xpi. All bundled packages have different
> names.

The -203 error normally means: TOO_MANY_CERTIFICATES aka "Installation
script was signed by more than one certificate"

--
Michael Vincent van Rantwijk
- MultiZilla Project Team Lead
- XUL Boot Camp Staff member (ActiveState Training Partner)
- iPhone Application Developer

Nothing is being signed. ;-)

On Oct 8, 7:00 pm, nhlpens66 wrote:
> Nothing is being signed. ;-)

lightning-wcap.xpi contains and installs both lighting.xpi and wcap-
enabler.xpi
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o...1.8/linux-xpi/

On Oct 9, 9:37 am, Olive wrote:
>
> lightning-wcap.xpi contains and installs both lighting.xpi and wcap-
> enabler.xpihttp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/nightly/lat...

I'm perusing all the files included in the lightning example that you
provided. Does this example use an old-style javascript installer for
one of the bundles, or instead, does one of the bundles run an
executable?

I don't think it does. If not, this won't really help me. It is
however an example of a Multiple Item Package as the title is stated
for this thread. ;-)

I believe the javascript installer bundles are not supported in
Multiple Item Packages. So, this leaves me one option, how to run an
exe, or javascript, from install.rdf.

Thanks,

Jim Sadlek

No, you can't run executables from install.rdf packages at
installation time. You may want to let the user download an executable
installer instead.

According to Benjamin Smedberg, install.js is broken in Vista and will
not be fixed. Support for it may be removed in Fx3 or later. See bug
352762, bug 380000, and bug 299041.

I don't know if there are any plans to support launching executables
from install.rdf and whether there are technical reasons not to do
this in Vista. You may want to contact bsmedberg about it.

Nickolay

On 10/9/07, Jim Sadlek wrote:
> Yes, I agree with your presumption. What I'm really after is a way to run a
> windows installer program from the new install.rdf installers. Is there a
> way to run javascript from the install.rdf such that I can run these three
> lines of code?
>
> initInstall("Some Title","setup.exe","1.0");
> Install.execute("setup.exe");
> performInstall();
>
> Could I use XPComm perhaps? That's all that is missing from my extension
> installer xpi package. I don't know much about XPComm to determine if it's
> appropriate.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Nickolay Ponomarev"
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:48 AM
> To: jim2007@powware.com
> Subject: Re: Multiple Item Packaging
>
> From what you wrote, it's apparent that (deprecated) install.js
> scripts are not compatible with multi-XPI bundle. I can't test it, but
> it's absolutely possible.
>
> Nickolay
>
> On 10/8/07, Jim Sadlek wrote:
> > Nickolay,
> >
> > I posted again. Could you help me with either being able to invoke a
> > javascript file from the install.rdf, or invoking the javascript as a
> > seperate installer? Those are the only two options I'm aware of, unless
> you
> > know of a better one.
> >
> > I can attach a sample project zipped up.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Nickolay Ponomarev"
> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:23 AM
> > To: nhlpens66
> > Subject: Re: Multiple Item Packaging
> >
> >
> > On 10/8/07, nhlpens66 wrote:
> > > I'm trying to create a multiple item package as described on the
> > > Mozilla Developer Center
> >
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...Item_Packaging.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a complete, working example?
> > >
> > If no-one does, we should create it. If you're having trouble with
> > creating one, send me a simplified testcase you created and I'll try
> > to make a working one out of it.
> >
> > Nickolay
> >
> >
>
>

You can also make a startup wizard to install additional plugins on
demand.
Here's an example: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3036
IIRC in an old version the plugins were xpis. now they're a bunch of
js/xul/html files.

On Oct 9, 4:37 pm, "Nickolay Ponomarev" wrote:
> No, you can't run executables from install.rdf packages at
> installation time. You may want to let the user download an executable
> installer instead.
>
> According to Benjamin Smedberg, install.js is broken in Vista and will
> not be fixed. Support for it may be removed in Fx3 or later. See bug
> 352762, bug 380000, and bug 299041.
>
> I don't know if there are any plans to support launching executables
> from install.rdf and whether there are technical reasons not to do
> this in Vista. You may want to contact bsmedberg about it.
>
> Nickolay
>
> On 10/9/07, Jim Sadlek wrote:
>
> > Yes, I agree with your presumption. What I'm really after is a way to run a
> > windows installer program from the new install.rdf installers. Is there a
> > way to run javascript from the install.rdf such that I can run these three
> > lines of code?
>
> > initInstall("Some Title","setup.exe","1.0");
> > Install.execute("setup.exe");
> > performInstall();
>
> > Could I use XPComm perhaps? That's all that is missing from my extension
> > installer xpi package. I don't know much about XPComm to determine if it's
> > appropriate.
>
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Jim
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Nickolay Ponomarev"
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:48 AM
> > To: jim2...@powware.com
> > Subject: Re: Multiple Item Packaging
>
> > From what you wrote, it's apparent that (deprecated) install.js
> > scripts are not compatible with multi-XPI bundle. I can't test it, but
> > it's absolutely possible.
>
> > Nickolay
>
> > On 10/8/07, Jim Sadlek wrote:
> > > Nickolay,
>
> > > I posted again. Could you help me with either being able to invoke a
> > > javascript file from the install.rdf, or invoking the javascript as a
> > > seperate installer? Those are the only two options I'm aware of, unless
> > you
> > > know of a better one.
>
> > > I can attach a sample project zipped up.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Jim
>
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: "Nickolay Ponomarev"
> > > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:23 AM
> > > To: nhlpens66
> > > Subject: Re: Multiple Item Packaging
>
> > > On 10/8/07, nhlpens66 wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to create a multiple item package as described on the
> > > > Mozilla Developer Center
>
> >http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...Item_Packaging.
>
> > > > Does anyone have a complete, working example?
>
> > > If no-one does, we should create it. If you're having trouble with
> > > creating one, send me a simplified testcase you created and I'll try
> > > to make a working one out of it.
>
> > > Nickolay