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Last updated 12.20.2001
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The current version of the Netscape Plugin API is designed to help
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the developers to start creating plugins for Mozilla based browsers.
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This SDK is based on the API developed originally for Netscape browsers
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starting with Netscape 2.x. Some additions have been made at the time
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of release Netscape 3.x and Netscape 4.x. The present SDK reflects major
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changes related to Mozilla code base: LiveConnect for plugin scriptability
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is no longer supported, existing plugins should be modified slightly to
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become scriptable again; the browser services are now accessible from
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the plugin through the access to the service manager.
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The SDK is intended to help in creating full-blown plugins to work with
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Mozilla code base without actually having the whole Mozilla source tree
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present and built.
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The Common folder contains stub implementations of the NPAPI methods, there
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is no need to modify files in this folder, just include them into your project.
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This is not necessary though, some samples or plugin projects may use
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their own implementations, the files in this folder are just an illustration
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of one possible way to do that.
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The Samples section at this point contains the following plugin samples:
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1. Basic plugin
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Shows the bare bones of the plugin dll. It does not do anything special,
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'Hello, World' type of thing. Demonstrates how the plugin dll is invoked
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and how NPAPI methods are called. Can be used as a starting template for
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writing your own plugin.
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2. Simple plugin
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This plugin example illustrates specific for Mozilla code base features.
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It is scriptable via JavaScript and uses services provided by the browser.
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Some xpcom interfaces are implemented here so the Mozilla browser is aware
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of its capabilities. The plugin does not draw in the native window but
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rather uses JavaScript box to display the result of its work. Therefore,
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there are no separate projects for different platforms in this sample.
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3. Scriptable plugin
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Yet another example of plugin scriptability. This plugin implements two
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native methods callable from the JavaScript and uses native window drawings.
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4. Windowless plugin
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Example of a plugin which does not use native window messaging mechanism
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and relies exclusively on NPP_HandleEvent to receive GUI messages such
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as for painting. This plugin simply draws gray rectangle in occupied area.
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Scriptable samples require generation of .xpt files which should reside
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in the Mozilla Components directory. To make sure Mozilla is aware of
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the presence of the new .xpt file one may look at xpti.dat. To force
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Mozilla to re-scan the Components directory xpti.dat should be removed
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before Mozilla is started.
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Plugin developers might find it useful for debugging purporsed to turn
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off the exeption catching mechanism currently implemented in Mozilla
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on Windows. To do this add the following line into your prefs.js file:
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user_pref("plugin.dont_try_safe_calls", true);
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