Xulrunner Application

Using sqlite-manager as an XULRunner application

SQLite Manager is available as an XULRunner application too. The file with XR in its name is the zip of the XULRunner application. Here are some tips on how to use SQLite Manager with XULRunner.

Using xulrunner application

sqlite-manager is also available as xulrunner application. The file called SQLiteManager_XR_version.zip is a simple zip package which can be installed and used as follows.

on Ubuntu (i.e. Linux)

Installation

Use the following command: sudo xulrunner --install-app /path/to/zipfile Installation is done in /usr/lib/lazierthanthou/sqlite-manager

Running the application

Run in one of the following 2 ways: xulrunner /usr/lib/lazierthanthou/sqlite-manager/application.ini [-f /path/to/sqlitefile] /usr/lib/lazierthanthou/sqlite-manager/sqlite-manager [-f /path/to/sqlitefile] As you can see there is an option to provide a commandline argument which specifies which sqlite db file the application should open when it starts.

Associate .sqlite files with SQLite Manager

It is very simple to associate .sqlite files with sqlite-manager using Nautilus. This will allow you to open .sqlite files with SQLite Manager by double-clicking them in Nautilus (file browser). The steps follow:

1. install sqlite-manager as described above
2. in Nautilus, right-click any .sqlite file, then click 'Properties'.
3. select the 'Open With' tab and click the 'Add' button
4. click 'Use custom command' option
5. in the text box, type /usr/lib/lazierthanthou/sqlite-manager/sqlite-manager -f %u
6. close the dialogs and you are ready to double-click .sqlite files

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on Win XP

Install using the following command: xulrunner --install-app /path/to/zipfile Installation is done in C:\Program Files\lazierthanthou\sqlite-manager

More details

• How to run a XULRunner application.
• Because firefox has its own xulrunner, you can also use Firefox 3 to run XULRunner applications.