Thanks for that link.
On Aug 18, 12:31 pm, Antony Sargent <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/npapi-...<http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/npapi-...>
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> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:27 PM, The Sailor <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Thanks for the information guys..... I will go through those links and
> > come back with more questions ...
> > By any chance, is there already a sample extension on how to include C+
> > + in our extension via the NPAPI ??
>
> > On Aug 17, 11:07 pm, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM, The Sailor<[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > I am new to chromium extensions ..till now I have played around a bit
> > > > with content scripts and am amazed with the power it provides.
>
> > > I'm happy to hear that!
>
> > > > I have worked a bit on FireFox and IE extensios earlier and am
> > > > interested in developing an extension for the chrome.
>
> > > Developing extensions for Chrome is going to be quite a bit different
> > > than either of those two platforms. It will help you somewhat if you
> > > forget what you know from IE and Firefox add-on development.
>
> > > > I had few questions regarding this:
>
> > > > 1. From what I understood, the chromium extension development is
> > > > mainly aimed at making extension development easy for web developers
> > > > and can be done only using HTML and javascript. Is this right ?
>
> > > That is true. There are far more web developers in the world than C++
> > > developers, so this made sense to us. Also we really like web
> > > technologies, on the whole.
>
> > > > Is there some library (similar to the mozilla gecko library) which will
> > > > help us develop extensions using C++ ?
>
> > > It is possible to include C++ in extensions via NPAPI, but that C++
> > > will only have access to:
>
> > > a) The underlying platform (win32, posix, carbon, etc)
> > > b) The NPAPI interface
> > > (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_Plugin_API_Reference)
> > > c) The DOM via NPObject (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/NPObject)
>
> > > This is not the same thing that Gecko provides, which is deep access
> > > to the browser internals for C++ programs. Chrome extensions don't
> > > have that and likely won't ever (providing deep access to the browser
> > > internals would be a large burden to maintain, and we think you can
> > > get a pretty large bang for the buck just by providing a place for
> > > extension developers to plug into the UI in more well-defined ways).
>
> > > > 2. Can I make the toolstrip button to behave like a toolbar button and
> > > > get to open some form menu on clicking the button on the toolstrip ?
>
> > > There is no way to open dropdown menus if that's what you mean. But we
> > > are working on some new features that will let you expand toolstrips
> > > vertically to get more space. Keep your eyes peeled, we'll post here
> > > when there's more working.
>
> > > - a
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