Portable Canvas File Structure

This page lists the file and folder structure for the Portable Canvas builds.

Files in a folder are listed under the folder name, indented by one more bullet level.

Italicized words are file names (or equivalent).

Portable Canvas Win

Location: C:\Program Files\Portable Canvas

Location is fixed; otherwise, the "Browse local files" button doesn't work; location is statically defined in "mybrowser.jar/.../mybrowser.js".

• application.ini

• portable_canvas.exe (XR stub for Windows)

• jsmin.c (part of the C3d Library, otherwise not sure what it's for)

• c3dl_namespace
  • (the Canvas 3d Library)

• canvas3dapi
  • (the Canvas 3d Library)

• chrome
  • chrome.manifest
  • mybrowser.xul
  • en-US.jar
  • mybrowser.jar
  • (other files extracted temporarily from mybrowser.jar)

• components (contains the C3d extension, lets you view Canvas elements)
  • canvas3d.dll
  • canvas3d.xpt
  • compreg.dat
  • xpti.dat

• defaults
  • preferences
    • mybrowser-prefs.js

• demos (demo html files with canvas elements, tested to work with Portable Canvas)
  • 0.5 Release
    • Samples
      • Soko
        • (Soko-related files)

• extensions
  • (empty)

• models
  • (files for use with the C3d Library)

• xulrunner
  • (XUL Runner executable files, required to run Portable Canvas without another XR or FF installation)

Portable Canvas Mac

Location: probably anywhere is okay!

• Contents

• • Info.plist (Mac configuration stuff)

• • Frameworks
    • (empty)

• • MacOS
    • xulrunner (XR stub for MacIntosh)

• • Resources
    • application.ini

• • • chrome
      • chrome.manifest
      • en-US.jar (contains localization info for button text)
      • mybrowser.jar (contains platform-independant source code {local disk location is an exception!})

• • • components
      • libcanvas3d.dylib (important file, but isn't recognized)

• • • defaults
      • preferences
        • mybrowser-prefs.js

• • • extensions
      • (empty)

• • • updates
      • 0 (This folder gets generated automatically even when deleted, I wonder why...)
        • (empty)