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A Simple XPCOM Tutorial

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Step by step XPCOM creation and implementation in C++.
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	Version="8.00"
	Name="sample_xpcom"
	ProjectGUID="{734FFB7D-21A9-4D5F-8B51-3EB4D4B64B3D}"
	RootNamespace="sample_xpcom"
	Keyword="Win32Proj"
	>
	<Platforms>
		<Platform
			Name="Win32"
		/>
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	<ToolFiles>
	</ToolFiles>
	<Configurations>
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			Name="Debug|Win32"
			OutputDirectory="..\xulrunner-sdk\sdk\bin"
			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
			ConfigurationType="2"
			CharacterSet="1"
			>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
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			<Tool
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			<Tool
				Name="VCMIDLTool"
			/>
			<Tool
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				Optimization="0"
				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\xulrunner-sdk\include&quot;"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;XP_WIN;XP_WIN32;XPCOM_GLUE_USE_NSPR;MOZILLA_STRICT_API"
				MinimalRebuild="true"
				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
				RuntimeLibrary="3"
				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
				WarningLevel="3"
				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
				DebugInformationFormat="4"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCLinkerTool"
				AdditionalDependencies="nspr4.lib xpcom.lib xpcomglue_s.lib"
				OutputFile="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).dll"
				LinkIncremental="2"
				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;..\xulrunner-sdk\sdk\lib&quot;"
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				SubSystem="2"
				ImportLibrary="$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).lib"
				TargetMachine="1"
			/>
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				Name="VCALinkTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManifestTool"
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			<Tool
				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCFxCopTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
				CommandLine="copy $(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).dll &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Mozilla Firefox\components&quot;"
			/>
		</Configuration>
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			Name="Release|Win32"
			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
			ConfigurationType="2"
			CharacterSet="1"
			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
			>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCMIDLTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SAMPLE_XPCOM_EXPORTS"
				RuntimeLibrary="2"
				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
				WarningLevel="3"
				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
				DebugInformationFormat="3"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCLinkerTool"
				LinkIncremental="1"
				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
				SubSystem="2"
				OptimizeReferences="2"
				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
				TargetMachine="1"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCALinkTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManifestTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCFxCopTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
			/>
		</Configuration>
	</Configurations>
	<References>
	</References>
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			<File
				RelativePath=".\ISample.idl"
				>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Debug|Win32"
					ExcludedFromBuild="true"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCMIDLTool"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Sample.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\sample_module.cpp"
				>
			</File>
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	<Globals>
	</Globals>
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