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== Testing Harness ==
== Testing Harness ==


Builds generate a test harness (metrotestharness.exe) that can be used to launch the metro browser into the immersive environment. This harness is also packed up with the test zips used in automation testing.
Builds generate a test harness (dist/bin/metrotestharness.exe) that can be used to launch the metro browser into the immersive environment. This harness is also packed up with the test zips used in automation testing.


Metro Firefox can't accept standard command line parameters since it must be launched by Windows. The harness acts as a pass through for mozilla command line parameters firefox.exe can accept. Incoming params are written out to an ini file @ dist/bin and read in via [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp nsBrowserApp] when the browser starts up.
Metro Firefox can't accept standard command line parameters since it must be launched by Windows. The harness acts as a pass through for mozilla command line parameters firefox.exe can accept. Incoming params are written out to an ini file @ dist/bin and read in via [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp nsBrowserApp] when the browser starts up.
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