Hi All, The context for this conversation is the chromium-based embedded browser control described in a previous thread: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev/browse_thread/thread/5b23e1a218811b3d
I'm exploring the best way to embed a plug-in within the browser control where the plug-in is part of the container application instead of being loaded from a separate DLL. As a simple usage case, consider an application where the user interface is hosted within an embedded browser window, and the application-specific functionality is rendered using a plug-in within that browser window. I see two possible approaches for supporting this capability: A) Write a custom WebPluginDelegate implementation and return an instance from WebViewDelegate::CreatePluginDelegate(). B) Add support for embedded plug-ins to the existing NPAPI framework. My personal preference is B, as we could then make use of the plug-in management capabilities already provided by the NPAPI framework. In order to implement B I propose two changes to NPAPI classes: 1) Add the following method to NPAPI::PluginLib: static PluginLib* CreatePluginLib(const struct InternalPluginInfo& ipi); 2) Add the following method to NPAPI::PluginList: void LoadPlugin(const struct InternalPluginInfo& ipi); The method in #2 will internally call the method in #1. #2 would be called by the container application on startup to register its custom plug-in type with the system. struct InternalPluginInfo ipi; // populate the ipi structure .... // register the custom plug-in type with the system NPAPI::PluginList::Singleton()->LoadPlugin(ipi); Since the InternalPluginInfo structure would no longer be strictly internal it may also be appropriate to give it a different name. Does this proposal sound like a reasonable solution to the problem? Is there perhaps a better approach that I'm missing? Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :-) Regards, Marshall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
