Automatic xpi file install

Hi ,
I have a xpi file in my hand.When i locally click the xpi file the
plugin gets installed.So I would like to embed this xpi file in a web
page and when i go that site it should install the xpi file
automatically.As of now when i click the link on the page pointing the
xpi it prompts "Save to Disk".
I am using Red hat Linux, Firefox 1.0.0.6
Any help on how to embed the xpi file on the page would be greatly
appreciated.


Thanks
Krishna

 

Try going here http://www.mozdev.org/projects/active.html, and take a
look at some of the sites listed, and take a look at their source
code. Maybe those will help and give you a clue or two.

BTW, have you got software installation turned on?: Tools, Options,
Web Features, and put a check by "allow web sites to install software"

 

Am I to understand that, if you accomplish this goal, if I were to go to
your website, it would automatically install a xpi on my browser?

Lee

 

Yes that is the goal

Krishna

 

Yes allow web sites to install software and the url of the site is
added
I will have a look at the link given by u

//Krishna

 

Please quote at least some text, to give context to your reply. Thanks,
it make it easier to follow the discussion.

With all due respect, why are you doing this?

Tools>>Options>>Web Features

There is a check box for Allow web sites to install software, and a
whitelist of allowed sites, which you can see by clicking the Allowed
Sites button. If a user has not allowed your site by placing it in the
whitelist, FF will refuse to install the xpi no matter what you do.

The FF developers added this whitelist in order to keep people from
doing exactly what you are trying to do. Its not a good idea.

Lee