Hi all,

I have a similar problem... I want to access to XPCOM component
registered by a Mozilla installed application (Thunderbird), from an
external application:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom/browse_thread/thread/245d404c1f7e4c89

is it possible to do that?

thanks
Carlo

On 29 Lug, 13:28, Sergey Yanovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > can I use a
> > standard Mozilla/Firefox installation to embed Gecko in my
> > application?
>
> The answer depends heavily on what you are going to do with libxul.
>
> The first major choice is whether your application is built *around* it
> (embedding app), *on* *top* of it (xul app), or *inside* it
> (browser/mailer extension).
>
> The second choice is whether to use unfrozen interfaces/API.
>
> The third is about frozen versus internal linkage.
>
> Mozilla codebase as a whole is oriented for use in Firefox to the
> extreme level. So unless your project is an extension (choice #1), odd
> are that you will need at least unfrozen interfaces (choice #2), or even
> internal linkage (choice #3). In turn, if you make a positive selection
> for #2 or #3, you will most likely need to distribute libxul with your
> product. In addition, #2 makes it likely, and #3 makes it almost
> certain, that you will patch libxul for your needs, so you end up
> distributing your *fork* of libxul for as long as your patches are not
> merged upstream, which may be months or years.
>
> --
> Sergey Yanovich
> Abstract Accounting Ltd.http://aasii.org/

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