Summary: mozilla.dev.extensions - September 22 - 29, 2006

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Announcements

None during this week.

Discussions

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

• Observer don't get preferences change after extension upgrade
  • A thread asking why extension preferences do not get changed until after it's upgrade. No reply to the query this week.

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

• Header display when replying and forwarding
  • A thread asking if there is a way of changing the Thunderbird displays headers when replying and forwarding. No replies to this thread this week.

• some rss feeds don't show up as Livemarks when bookmarked...
  • A thread 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. No replies to this thread this week.

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

• WM_COPY trouble
  • A thread asking for help with getting an extension to process Windows messages.

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

• XUL Image
  • A thread 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
  • A thread discussing how to create a dynamic drop down menu that may have submenus using JavaScript for an extension.

• Tracert extension feasible?
  • A thread asking about the feasibility of making an extension that has the same functionality as “trace route”. No replies to this thread this week.

• Thunderbird extension request - easy email within a default domain
  • This thread is a 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?
  • A thread asking how to get the value of a text box when a button is clicked. No replies to this thread this week.

Meetings

None during this week.