如何使用C＃编程语言使用Visual Studio编写FireFox扩展？

Question

I was wondering if it's possible to write Firefox extension using .Net Framework? Had anybody such experience in writing Firefox extensions using C# programming language? Any good sites or guidelines would be very helpful.

FFPlugin http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3049/ffplugin.jpg

Here is an example of what I need. Extension to enter phone number and to send SMS Message. I draw it in Paint, so I'm sorry for having no artistic touch.

Answer 1

Assuming you're asking about writing an extension (and not a plugin), the best place to get started is with the info at the Mozilla Dev Center .

Konamiman is correct: extensions are mostly XUL (an XML grammar) and Javascript, packaged into a ZIP file with the extension .xpi . The various links from the page I linked should answer basic questions, like the one you posted above:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_an_Extension

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extension_Frequently_Asked_Questions

Answer 2

Firefox extensions are written primarily in Javascript. See here: http://www.rietta.com/firefox/Tutorial/backend.html . So unless you can find a way to convert C# code/.NET Framework objects to Javascript, you are out of luck.

Answer 3

I'm not sure how you'd do for C#, but you can use XPCOM to call native code libraries: that's how the Glasser extension, for instance, is able to use the Windows-specific Aero effects.

IBM hosts a very good XPCOM tutorial at DeveloperWorks .

Answer 4

正如其他受访者所观察到的，Firefox扩展主要是用Javascript编写的：但是你很幸运，因为Script＃是一个免费工具，它使开发人员可以编写C＃源代码并随后将其“编译”为Javascript。