Mozilla.dev.extensions

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Newsgroup

mozilla.dev.extensions

Authors

1. Man Choi Kwan
2. Richard Chu

Weekly Summaries

NOTE: these should be turned into links to separate pages.

1. Friday, September 22 - 29, 2006
2. Friday, September 29 - October 6, 2006
3. Friday, October 06, 2006
4. Friday, October 13, 2006
5. Friday, October 20, 2006
6. Friday, October 27, 2006
7. Friday, November 03, 2006
8. Friday, November 10, 2006
9. Friday, November 17, 2006
10. Friday, November 24, 2006

FAQ

1. How do I create my summary page?

Like this!

2. Should I put the FAQ questions/answers in the summaries?

No. Put them in a single place (here), instead of in the summaries.

Friday, September 22 - 29, 2006

• Does Firefox support calling COM objects?
  • How to write an XPCOM component in C++ that can communicate to a COM component.

• Observer don't get preferences change after extension upgrade
  • Asking why extension preferences do not get changed until after it's upgrade.

• toolbarbutton coexisting in toolbarpalette and statusbar
  • Discussing methods of having a customizable toolbar button to coexist in a toolbar palette and status bar.

• Header display when replying and forwarding
  • Asking if there is a way of changing the Thunderbird displays headers when replying and forwarding.

• some rss feeds don't show up as Livemarks when bookmarked...
  • Enquiring why there are some rss feeds that do not appear as livemarks when bookmarked even though the necessary tags for the feed to appear as a livemark are seemingly present and properly formatted in the feeds source.

• Places queries
  • Asking for help in knowing the data that is typed into text boxes.

• WM_COPY trouble
  • Asking for help with getting an extension to process Windows messages.

• Replace HTML
  • Discussing the deasibility of creating an extension that can replace HTML code on a specific page that does not use Greasemonkey.

• XUL Image
  • Discussing the feasibility of placing an image in a window that can be moved around anywhere within the window and will always remain on top.

• Sample dynamic menu creation, similar to Firefox Bookmarks drop down
  • Discussing how to create a dynamic drop down menu that may have submenus using JavaScript for an extension.

• Tracert extension feasible?
  • Asking about the feasibility of making an extension that has the same functionality as “trace route”.

• Thunderbird extension request - easy email within a default domain
  • Request for a Thunderbird extension that can automatically detect the default domain when composing e-mails via autodetect.

• How to access the toolbar elements in extension?
  • How to get the value of a text box when a button is clicked.