CompilingThePlugin

Instructions on checking out and compiling the source code.

What you'll need

• An SVN client - such as TortoiseSVN for Windows.
• The Mozilla source code - get it here.
• Microsoft's Visual Studio - I used VS 2008.

Optionally, to sign XPIs and updates:

• McCoy
• Network Security Services (NSS) - from the NSS Mozilla FTP site, make sure you get the Windows package.
• Netscape Portable Runtime (NPR) - from the NPR Mozilla FTP site, make sure you get the Windows package.
• Microsoft's tool to import PVK files - pvkimprt.exe

Compiling the source

• Head over to [http://code.google.com/p/ff-activex-host/source/checkout the sources repository] and follow the guidelines to check out a copy of the code from the SVN repository.
• I placed the Mozilla sources in c:\src\mozilla, you will need to change the include directories of the project if you places the sources in a different location.
• The 'easiest' way to get all the include files is to actually build the Mozilla sources, which is not that easy, but follow [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Build_Documentation this guide].
• Build the plugin.

To sign the XPI

Useful articles about signing XPIs:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Signing_a_XPI
• http://oyoy.eu/huh/firefox-extension-code-signed-with-spc-pvk/

Important:

• 7z cannot created signed XPIs. It's good enough for unsigned XPIs, but it will not be able to create proper signed XPIs.

Signing

Create the directory structure you desire under a folder named 'signed'

c:\tools\nss-3.9\bin\signtool.exe -d <certificate-path> -k <certificate-nickname> -p <password> signed

Creating the XPI

From within the 'signed' folder execute:

c:\mozilla-build\info-zip\zip <XPI-name> META-INF\zigbert.rsa
c:\mozilla-build\info-zip\zip -r -D <XPI-name> * -x META-INF\zigbert.rsa