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Modern versions of MSIE do not support this protocol. Use +the <a href="activeqt.html#ActiveQt">ActiveQt</a> Framework to develop plugins for these browsers. +<p> <h2> Information +</h2> +<a name="1"></a><p> The Netscape Plugin Extension consists of the follow classes: +<ul> +<li> <a href="qnplugin.html">QNPlugin</a> +<li> <a href="qnpinstance.html">QNPInstance</a> +<li> <a href="qnpwidget.html">QNPWidget</a> +<li> <a href="qnpstream.html">QNPStream</a> +</ul> +<p> <h2> How-to +</h2> +<a name="2"></a><p> <ol type=1> +<li> Download the +<a href="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/development_partners/plugin_api/index.html">Plugin SDK from Netscape</a>, and copy the following files from there to +<tt>$QTDIR/extensions/nsplugin/src</tt> +<ul> +<li> <tt>common/npwin.cpp</tt> +<li> <tt>common/npunix.c</tt> +<li> <tt>include/npapi.h</tt> +<li> <tt>include/npupp.h</tt> +<li> <tt>include/jri.h</tt> +<li> <tt>include/jri_md.h</tt> +<li> <tt>include/jritypes.h</tt> +</ul> +<li> Build the Netscape Plugin extension library, found in the +<tt>extensions/nsplugin/src</tt> directory of your Qt distribution. +This produces a static library to be linked with your plugin code. +<li> Read the <a href="qnplugin.html">plugin class documentation</a>, and +examine the <a href="nsplugin-examples.html">example plugins</a>. +<li> Do most of your development as a stand-alone Qt application - debugging +Netscape Plugins is cumbersome. You may want to use <tt>signal(2)</tt> +in your plugin to enable core-dumps if your browser disables them. +<li> Note the platform-specific build steps below. +<li> Read about the raw plugin interface +<a href="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/plugin/index.htm">in Netscape's handbook.</a> +<li> If files viewed by a plugin are provided by an HTTP server +(using a <a href="http://...">http://...</a> URL) then +the server must be configured to send the correct MIME type +for the file, e.g. by editing Apache's <tt>mime.types</tt> file. +If the files are viewed via a <a href="file://...">//...</a> +URL, then the browser will use the filename extension to decide +the file type (and hence the plugin to load) - the user may need +to set the filename extension in the Helpers or Applications +section of their browser preferences. +</ol> +<p> <h3> Building under X11 +</h3> +<a name="2-1"></a><p> <ul> +<li> The Makefiles in the examples are appropriate for UNIX/X11. +<li> The user must install the resulting Shared Object in the Plugins +directory of the browser. +</ul> +<p> <h3> Building under Windows +</h3> +<a name="2-2"></a><p> <ul> +<li> For Netscape plugins to work, Qt needs to be in the system DLL +path or be compiled into the plugin as a static library. +<li> Plugins must be named <tt>np</tt><em>name</em><tt>.dll</tt>, +or the browser will ignore them. +<li> The link step must include: +<ul> +<li> <tt>/def:</tt><em>name</em><tt>.def</tt> +<li> <tt>/dll</tt> +<li> a compiled resource file defining the +file/MIME types accepted by the plugin. +</ul> +<li> The user must install the resulting DLL in the Plugins directory +of the browser. +</ul> +<p> <h2> Known Bugs and Limitations +</h2> +<a name="3"></a><p> The Qt-based LiveConnect Plugin binding code has a number of bugs and +limitations, but is sufficiently stable for many production +applications. +<p> <ul> +<li> Keyboard input only works in secondary windows (e.g. dialogs created by the plugin). +<li> You should not expect modality between the plugin and the browser to work. +<li> Netscape 4.78 on Unix/X11 tends to terminate with a bus error. +<li> Opaque resize behaviour is erratic due to browser behavior. +</ul> +<p> +<!-- eof --> +<p><address><hr><div align=center> +<table width=100% cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> +<td>Copyright © 2007 +<a href="troll.html">Trolltech</a><td align=center><a href="trademarks.html">Trademarks</a> +<td align=right><div align=right>Qt 3.3.8</div> +</table></div></address></body> +</html> |