The XPInstall engine (i.e., the xpinstall.dll cited) is an XPCOM
component and as such if your app uses XPCOM it could load XPInstall as
a component. The dll depends on a few other dlls being around at the
very minimum: see the list under the [xpcom] section here:
<http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpinstall/packager/packages-win#40>
The install wizards initialize and use XPCOM to dynamically load the
XPInstall XPCOM component. Some code in a stub dll used by the wizards
that does this can be found here:
<http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpinstall/stub/xpistub.cpp>
Feel free to post with follow-up questions. Good luck.
~Samir
mariom wrote:
> Hello, Im trying to use the xpinstal library for windows, but i have been
> always programming in linux so i dont know really well what i need. I was
> trying to link xpinstal.dll into my program but now i think i need the
> corresponding .lib but i dont know where to get it.
>
> Please could someone tell me what to do to solve my problem?
> Who knows, maybe someday i will understand win platforms. :-)
>
> Thanks
> Mario Martinez
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