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= Summary: [mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom] - Sept 30- Oct 5, 2006 =

== Announcements ==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom/browse_thread/thread/603c07145e7821cc/22ff44cd1a8a7442#22ff44cd1a8a7442 Build a xpcom component on Mac OS X]
:* Benjamin Smedberg confirmed that this tutorial [http://www.iosart.com/firefox/xpcom/ http://www.iosart.com/firefox/xpcom/] is misleading as it uses the standalone glue (-DXPCOM_GLUE) for components, which is not recommended.

:*Developers should use this sample instead: [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_Glue http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XPCOM_Glue] 


== Discussions ==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom/browse_thread/thread/0b0d7e76e9bae6b2/88ecdc931d10fe7e#88ecdc931d10fe7e Dynamic load overlay]
:* A short discussion about the possibilities of loading and unloading xul overlay runtime

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom/browse_thread/thread/c3976624057cce80/baf123df39a43bc6#baf123df39a43bc6 Reading binary data from file]
:* Discusses about the code to read binary data from file

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom/browse_thread/thread/603c07145e7821cc/1b8be07994a574ac#1b8be07994a574ac How to build xpcom component on Mac OS X]
:* Discusses about the Make file code used to build xpcom components on Mac OS X successfully

== Meetings ==

None during this week.