On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:29:24 +1300, Patrick McHale
<mchalepNO#[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Okay - I would like to know how the CID number is generated - Do I use the
>GUIDGEN program to create both an IID number and a CID number. I take it
yes
>that these numbers have to be different to each other. How does the CID
yes
>number interact with the system. Is this like a component registration
>reference number?.
yes - as opposed to a contractID which is a component registration
reference string. Both the CID and the ContractID are used when you
register a component via a nsModuleComponentInfo struct.
>I have gathered that the IID number is placed in the header file which is
>included by the application code when it is built and the xpt file is
>placed in the components directory. My way of thinking is that the xpt
>file is simply a reference to where Javascript can connect to the code in
no - an xpt file is a cross-platform type library that is required for
xpcom. It doesn't enable just javascript to c++ calls, but component
to component calls (in whatever language).
>the the plugin. Probably got my terminology and ideas totally wrong here
>but I am trying to understand how this work in the basic sense for an
>absolute beginner to XPCOM. Please could someone help to understand this
>process.
Check out the docs at http://www.mozilla.org/docs/ and
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xpcom/
