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XPI(Cross Platform Installer) is a file extension most commonly used to identify Firefox addons.

XPI is a compressed package which uses the ZIP file format. It is used across multiple Mozilla platforms to bundle XULRunner applications, themes, and extensions.

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How to add elements to web page from Firefox extension

I'm going to develop a Firefox extension which should put a button in the loaded pages, when the tag: is found and a file has been selected. Likewise, I think the skype toolbar does a similar thing: when a website contains a…
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What's the quick way to make my change of firefox plugin take affect in windows?

Now I have to restart whenever I modified a single line... Is there a way to make it refresh without restarting the firefox?
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Adding an addon to Zotero using bash?

While trying to install and configure Zotero using a bash script, I'm encountering some difficulties in adding an .xpi addon using bash. The documentation says: To install a plugin in Zotero, download its .xpi file to your computer. Then, in…
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XPI: create update.rdf for previous version

currently I have a new plugin for Firefox which has version 2.0.0 and both plugin and update.rdf available via HTTPS connection, but I also have plugin with version 1.1.6 written by previous developer and update link in this plugin point resource…
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How to distribute XPCOM component via XPI for FireFox 3?

I wrote an XPCOM component and an extension that uses it. XPCOM loads arbitrary DLL for its purposes. How can I include XPCOM and DLL into XPI package?
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Firefox custom extension installer

i am searching for hours now, a way that could allow me to install (optionally) a custom firefox extension along with my software installation package.. i can't find anything useful tho. Tried the registry method, the -install-global-extension…
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Selenium Webdriver 2.47.0 throws invocation exception with FF28

I am using VS2015 EE (Version 14.0.25431.01 with Update 3) on Win 7 and Firefox v.28 browser not invoking from Selenium Webdriver version 2.47 enter image description here On this line, I' ve the following exception: The process can not access the…
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Can I decode an xpi file using any software for Windows?

The containing .xpi file I have on my pc only displays what appears to be gibberish, like the following below. ========================================================================= EÙtò¼5d¨Šîx›b5I‡„ŽœpGñ³FBÜ ç±w×ÅjR„dÊøº®Þg¾’Ÿæj(·I®XœPyb-\tè•9³}…
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Error when trying to install my webextension

I've signed myself my extension and now it's an XPI. Whenever I try to install the extension from my website, it works perfectly on my computer (running on Linux). When I try to install it on Firefox on Windows, it doesn't: it says something like…
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Converting an XPI file so I can read

A little background on my problem... I play an online text RPG I will keep the name to myself as I dont want to pull people away from this community for another..... but that is off topic. In our game, programmers come and go, quite frequently and…
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Add-on not compatible with Firefox upon .xpi install attempt

I'm trying to publish my first Firefox extension and having trouble installing it. I sign the package with jpm xpi. However, when I try to install the .xpi file, I get the error: [extension name] could not be installed because it is not compatible…
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Object.defineProperty() works during testing (jpm run), but doesn't do anything when using the actual xpi

Well, here I am back again with another problem concerning parts of my addon. I'm using an observer to modify values called through javascript. var observerService =…
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Addon attaches script just fine with jpm run, but not with the actual xpi

I'm still fairly new to the addon-sdk and have run into a for me unexplainable problem. So far, I've been using jpm run to test everything - and it all works great. Now, I'm getting close to be finished with what I want to accomplish, so I wanted to…
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Firefox Addons: Unable to open new page in document.popup

I have a firefox addon which opens a document.popup window. When I click a link within the popup, I want to call a javascript function which displays an alert within the popup itself. When I try onCLick(onY()); the alert comes only after I close the…
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curl command to upload file to form

I'm trying to build a curl command that will upload my xpi to validation at Mozilla Add-on Validator. I've captured the traffic with fiddler to see what the site is doing and try to mimic it's behavior from curl. I've seen whats the post url, and…
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