Build XulRunner with Visual C++ 2013

1. Prerequisites

1.1 MozillaBuild

1.2 Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop

1.3 [June 2010 DirectX SDK] http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=6812

• If you met with S1023 error whiling installing the DirectX SDK, please uninstall all Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86/x64 Redistributable packages (See this for details).

2. Source code

• Download XulRunner source code from here
• Extract to c:\build\mozilla
• Apply the patch for vc12
• Add #include <algorith> to C:\build\mozilla\toolkit\components\protobuf\google\protobuf\wire_format_lite_inl.h

3. Configure (x86)

Create a .mozconfig file in c:\build\mozilla folder. Enter the following content:

mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=xulrunner
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=c:/build/mozilla/obj-x86
ac_add_options --enable-application=xulrunner

ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
ac_add_options --disable-javaxpcom
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-ipdl-tests
ac_add_options --disable-activex
ac_add_options --disable-activex-scripting
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-update-channel
ac_add_options --disable-update-packaging
ac_add_options --disable-maintenance-service
ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
ac_add_options --disable-logging
ac_add_options --disable-services-healthreport
ac_add_options --disable-telemetry-reporting 
ac_add_options --disable-parental-controls 
ac_add_options --disable-windows-mobile-components 
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-pdfjs
ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad

ac_add_options --with-windows-version=601

4.Build (x86)

Start /start-shell-msvc2013.bat, and run the commands below.

cd /c/build/mozilla
python build/pymake/make.py  -f client.mk build
python build/pymake/make.py  -f client.mk sdk

Once the build completed, the sdk archive can be found in C:\build\mozilla\obj-x86\dist\sdk.

For more detailed documentation. See Mozilla’s Official Build Instructions