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== Project News ==
* Offically started project on September 18, 2008
* September 20, 2008
** Downloaded XULRunner SDK
*** Followed tutorial and started to build small XULRunner applications, learning about the structure of XULRunner apps
*** Downloaded some applications which others have created to get an idea of the structure others are creating their app
****Found out that the most of the code is being archived into a .jar file
****Problem: Don't know if this will create a problem when installing
* September 29, 2008
** Talked with Mark Finkle and Dave Humphrey on IRC about various Application Packagers for Windows
** Talked about milestone goals for my project, and set them:
*** Version 0.1: Stable Windows release of Packager
*** Version 0.2: Stable Linux release
*** Version 0.3: Stable Mac OS release
* October 2, 2008
** Browsed through the list of Application Packagers which were recommended by Mark and Dave
** Decided to use WiX as my Packager of choice, mainly because of their use of XML
* October 6, 2008
** Began going through the manual for WiX
** Followed the tutorial on packaging their sample application
*** Success! I made an .msi file and installed it on my computer on the first try! It installs into the 'Program Files' directory and adds an item to the Start menu
** Solved: Files in the .jar file don't need to be taken out of the archive for the program to work, which won't create a problem when installing