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Using XULRunner in RBD 9.5

  • 1.  Using XULRunner in RBD 9.5

    Posted Wed December 16, 2015 07:18 AM

    Hi,

    I would like to try using Mozilla XULRunner as Rich UI visual editor render engine in RBD 9.5 (64 bit).

    I followed the steps described in the Knowledge Center under "Support of XulRunner in 64-bit Windows" :

    1) I downloaded Xulrunner-24.0.en-US.win64-x86_64.zip from http://wiki.mozilla-x86-64.com/Download

    2) I unzipped the file to D:\Xulrunner-24.0.en-US.win64-x86_64\XulRunner

    3) I added the following line to the end of the eclipse.ini file: -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XulRunnerPath=D:\Xulrunner-24.0.en-US.win64-x86_64\XulRunner

    4) I changed the visual editor render engine option to Mozilla XULRunner in Windows > Preferences > EGL > Rich UI > Appearance

    When opening a Rich UI handler the attached error message (german) appears. The message says:

    "The editor could not complete the requested task and possibly does not have enough resources or XULRunner is not properly configured. It is recommended to close the editor."

    Any ideas what's going wrong here?

     

    Günter

     

    Günter_Wagner


  • 2.  Re: Using XULRunner in RBD 9.5

    Posted Fri December 18, 2015 02:29 PM

    Hi,

    I tried this and discovered two items:

     

    a.) There was a late-breaking defect in 9.5 that inadvertently broke the XULRunner 64-bit support.   This has now been resolved in RBD 9.5.0.1 that was just made available today (see other forum post).

    b.) The VMarg has one mistake in the "case".   It needs to be -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XULRunnerPath=<path>   (notice XUL is all capitals).   We will correct the doc for this.

     

    After using these two items, I did encounter the error documented where the swt has an issue with my Windows theme.  After changing, the design view would open.

     

    take care.

    Mark

    markevans