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+<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>TQt Netscape Plugin Extension</h1>
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+<p> <!-- index Netscape --><a name="Netscape"></a>
+<p> The TQt Netscape Plugin software makes it easy to write browser plugins
+that can be used on both Unix/Linux and MS-Windows, in Netscape,
+Mozilla, and any other web browser supporting Netscape's LiveConnect
+protocol. Modern versions of MSIE do not support this protocol. Use
+the <a href="activeqt.html#ActiveTQt">ActiveTQt</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">TQNPlugin</a>
+<li> <a href="qnpinstance.html">TQNPInstance</a>
+<li> <a href="qnpwidget.html">TQNPWidget</a>
+<li> <a href="qnpstream.html">TQNPStream</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 TQt 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 TQt 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, TQt 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 TQt-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>
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