Where can i find testXPi.exe ?


Aziel


On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:28:36 -0700, Daniel Veditz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>R wrote:
>> 
>> my problem is now solved. I can run stand alone XPInstall, i.e. I can run
>> the TestXPI.exe & get my DLLs installed in the required folder. But one
>> disadvantage that I found in stanalone XPInstall is that The exe, (i.e.
>> TestXPI.exe ) as well as the .xpi file have to be located in the
>> mozilla/dist/win32_d.obj/bin folder. If there are located elsewhere the
>> installation is unsuccessful. This is because the path of the xpi is hard
>> coded in the code. Whereas if standalone XPInstall is not used &
>> installation is done using the browser, then the xpi can be located
>> anywhere, i.e. as long as the html & the xpi are located in the same folder,
>> installation is successful.
>> 
>> Any comments on this? Or any suggestions as to how to make stand alone
>> XPInstall directory independent?
>
>TestXPI.exe was intended to be just that, a test tool. Not much effort was
>put into it beyond the minimum required to test the feature of interest.
>
>To turn it into a real xpinstall.exe standalone someone will have to do the
>polish work of fixing things such as those you mention. I personally don't
>see the problem with having the executable in the same directory as the
>xpcom and javascript libraries since those are required by the tool, but
>supporting full paths for archives and possibly alternate target directories
>would be nice.
>
>-Dan Veditz


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