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This is a plugin sample which demonstrates how with minimal modifications
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in the 4.x legacy plugin code to achieve scripting functionality despite
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of Mozilla not supporting LiveConnect in the way it was supported in
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Netscape Communicator.
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To build the sample:
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1. create .xpt and nsI4xScrPlugin.h out of nsI4xScrPlugin.idl file
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using Netscape idl compiler xpidl.exe. The command options are:
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xpidl -m header nsI4xScrPlugin.idl
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xpidl -m typelib nsI4xScrPlugin.idl
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nsISupports.idl and nsrootidl.idl are needed for this.
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2. create a project and build np4xscr.dll -- the plugin itself
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3. place .xpt file in the components directory and the dll in the
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plugins directory
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4. load test.html and see it in work
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The current sample code was written for Windows but can be easily
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modified for other platforms.
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Important notice: although developers who work on xpcom plugins
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are strongly encouraged to use Netscape macros for common interface
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method declarations and implementations, in the present sample we
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decided to use their manual implementation. This is because the technique
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shown in the sample may be useful for plugins which are supposed to
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work under both Mozilla based browsers and Netscape Communicator
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(4.x browsers). Using the macros requires linking against some
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libraries which are not present in 4.x browsers (xpcom.lib, nspr.lib).
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Files which under other circumstances would benefit from using
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the macros are nsScriptablePeer.h and nsScriptablePeer.cpp. The versions
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which use macros are also included (nsScriptablePeer1.h and
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nsScriptablePeer1.cpp) for reference purposes.
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Some header files from mozilla/dist/include and some .idl files from
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mozilla/dist/idl are still needed to successfully build the sample.
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