I tried again with 1.8.1.3 and it worked, this time I remembered to 
clear out the *.dat files that live in the component directory

Sorry nothing to see here move along :S

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> XR 1.8.1.3 works fine for me. I used the code example found here:
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Code_snippets:Canvas
> 
> I tested it in a sample I built using XUL Explorer:
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Explorer
> 
> Check the Error Console to make sure the exception is really due
> to .toDataURL and not something else.
> 
> Mark Finkle
> 
> On Jun 1, 9:29 am, Greg Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am using xulrunner to construct a site-monitoring tool I have
>> some code that can capture the current page, via the canvas widget this
>> is saved as a screen shot, but seemingly the function
>> context.toDataURL() chucks up an exception at me in 1.8.0.3 and 1.8.1.3
>> (the eclipse contrib build) this is all naturally working fine in my 1.9
>> build (even if it is a bit errrm rocky :S)
>>
>> I was under the impression that 1.8.1.3 was built on the firefox 2 /
>> gecko 1.8.1 codebase, and that context.toDataURL is supported there,
>> soooooooo my questions are:
>>
>> 1) Is there a better / different way to do the same thing,
>>     I couldn't figure anything out from looking through xulplanet
>>     - but that might be because I am stupid
>>
>> 2) Are there any patches or build options that I could apply to an
>>     otherwise stable 1.8.xxx xulrunner that would give these versions
>>     the power -of greyskull- to use context.toDataURL()
>>     - I would rather not have to backport anything myself, I am far too
>>       lazy and my C++ is so rusty it scares the tin man :S
>>
>> Many thanks
>>         Greg Bowyer
> 
> 
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