[wsf-dev] ECP plugin build/execute feedback

[Peter Williams]

Using instructions at http://openliberty.org/wiki/index.php?title=ECP_Plugin_Documentation&action=edit, I have the capability to now mostly build the ECP extensions, but have not succeeded to run the ECP plug-in on windows2008 Enterprise Edition.

Some pretty raw feedback follows:-
Windows does not have a shell to build .sh file scripts, or a zip command. Perhaps, only Eclipse tools (or tool extensions) should be used to build the project to maintain build portability.

I had almost no modern personal context on any of the browser/toolchain, but followed steps 1-4 quite easily

Eclipse 3.2 for Java/EE
Web Tools latest 
XUL tool chain latest
SVN src control plugin.

To practice a little with Firefox (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14) and get a basic orientation, I installed the "sxipper" commercial-grade plugin, learning to install/use it on an openid site (where it did fine). 

Step 5 was a little more difficult, given I have no recent context in Eclipse or its whole UI concept for the IDE. I did use the IBM JCOP Eclipse for building javacard firmware 3 years ago, and thus half-figured/half-remembered XUL project making/running out, by analogy. I think I figured things out to about 90% completion; but build documentation was just lacking (for a complete novice in this highly technical toolchain).

Step 6 is confusing. I created a txt file (I called it "foo.txt") in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\81ecn5k5.default. There is no subdirectory there called plugins, note well - taking a hint from the wiki notes.

In the .txt file, I typed one line - a DOS file path to my eclipse workspace/sub-directory wherein lie various files - exactly as checkedout from the SVN repository. The line is "C:\Users\Administrator\workspace\saml2_ecp at openliberty.org", at which directory there are several files, including saml2_ecp at openliberty.org.xpi - No local build has completed (lacking sh(1) and zip(1) - or alternative instructions)

I do note that the src file :install.rdf" (that updated_package.sh would zip up into the xpi file along with other resources) has a {GUID} in its ID field. This seems to counter the counsel of the wiki that seems to want the GUID replaced by the string saml2_ecp at openliberty.org.

Selecting the extension project root, and Launching the Firefox Launcher does launch Firefox, and allows selection of the default profile. Its not clear the extension is being loaded however, and no ECP add-on appears in the list of add-ons, under Tools.

The notes might want to suggest an SP site, with which to make a trial - and/or define a means to know at least that the extensions is at least loaded into Firefox.

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Peter Williams
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