Creating a plugin for webbrowsers

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I want to create plugins similar to that of flash and the .pdf viewers. Could somebody point me in the right direction? What languages are required. Can I use any language? .Net?

Thanks if you can!

Well, flash is for basically any browser. I want some ability like that. For now though, just consider say... google chrome or IE. // Windows most likely. Perhaps linux as well. — Freesnöw, Apr 27 '11 at 17:48

Daniel A. White · Answer 1 · 2011-04-27T17:54:14.743

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For a great deal of non-IE plugins, use NPAPI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI

For IE, you will have to write an ActiveX version.

I believe you can use any framework or language you wish as long as you can wrap it up in NPAPI and ActiveX. Also, you might need a cross-platform library to run it on multiple operating systems.

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I don't think normal plugins will work will they? How do you make the big plugins such as Flash and Pdf viewers? Are they made any way differently than normal plugins? – Freesnöw Apr 27 '11 at 17:50
Flash has NPAPI and ActiveX implementations. Adobe Reader is the same way, I think. – Daniel A. White Apr 27 '11 at 17:51
Ok, I guess that makes sense. How does flash put the objects on the page though? I know that NPAPI (at least on GC) doesn't allow you to edit the page until it has completely loaded. – Freesnöw Apr 27 '11 at 17:54

score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Alright, I think this answers my question here:

Creating and deploying an ActiveX control in .NET

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answered Apr 27 '11 at 17:58

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Google Chrome doesn't support ActiveX. – Daniel A. White Apr 27 '11 at 18:09

Creating a plugin for webbrowsers

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