Install and run your XULRunner application

1. Download the XULRunner runtime for Windows.
   
2. Get a sample application, there is one inside the XULRunner archive.
   • install this example into the directory of your application.
     
   • the hierarchy of folders looks as this:
     
     

   myapplication |___ chrome           |___ content                    |___ myapplication           |___ locale                    |___ en-US                             |___ myapplication           |___ defaults                    |___ preferences

   
   
3. Put your XUL and RDF files into myapplication\chrome\content\myapplication\
   
• the XUL source must include this line:



<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin" type="text/css"?>



4. Eedit the four following configuration files:
   • myapplication\application.ini       (the name of the .ini file is not important).
     • Vendor=MyOrganization
     • Name=myapplication
     • ID={}
       You need for a UUID/GUID generator. See at this site, or go to mozilla.org.
       
     • Min Version=1.8
     • Remove the Max Version line.
       
   • myapplication\defaults\preferences\myapplication-prefs.js
   • pref("toolkit.defaultChromeURI", "chrome://myapplication/content/myapplication.xul");
     Be aware that "myapplication" before "content" is not a folder. You may have a directory for your application in content if there are several applications:
     "chrome://myapplication/content/myapplication/myapplication.xul"
     
   • myapplication\chrome\chrome.manifest
   • content myapplication content/myapplication/
   • locale myapplication en-US locale/en-US/myapplication/
   • optionally: myapplication\chrome\locale\en-US\myapplication\myapplication.dtd
   • locale DTD for foreign languages may be found on Mozilla.
     
     
5. Run your XUL program at command line or from within a Windows's icon:
   
   • for the command line, create a batch file: xulrunner.bat to call Xul Runner. It has just one line:
     
     

     c:\Program Files\xulrunner\xulrunner %1

     
     
   • to run the application, type:    xulrunner C:\myapplication\myapplication.ini
     
   • For the icon, put this in the target field of properties:
     
     

     "C:\Program Files\xulrunner\xulrunner.exe" c:\myapplication\myapplication.ini