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