Hi Amanda, On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Amanda Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Marshall Greenblatt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > Hi Marshall, > > Can you go into some more specifics about the advantages of (b) over > (a), as you see them? At least at first glance, this seems like > exactly the sort of thing that the WebPluginDelegate would be great > for. I originally considered approach (a) until I took a closer look at the implementation in webplugin_delegate_impl.cc. There's some important functionality in webplugin_delegate_impl.cc, including support for windowed vs. windowless plugins, that I would have to duplicate and keep an eye on in my own implementation. It seemed that NPAPI might be a better choice because (1) it's a well-documented and (hopefully) stable API, (2) I wouldn't have to duplicate existing webplugin_delegate_impl.cc capabilities, and (3) I wouldn't have to worry about keeping up with future webplugin_delegate_impl.cc changes. That all being said, I'm amenable to being convinced otherwise :-). > > > --Amanda 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
