AFAIK, 'embedding' means embedding the layout engine et al into
any application via any of many means. ActiveX is one scheme. Not
the only one. You indicated that you were interested in using
mozilla code from within your existing application, not just
calling your module from the browser. This sounds like embedding
to me. For more details you should ask those who know more about
this than I. You'll find those people in the embedding newsgroup.
John.
Chris Melville wrote:
>
> Thanks - but I thought that "embedding" was running a browser instance in a
> non-Mozilla application (via the ActiveX wrapper). Does that still allow you
> do do XUL dialogs, XPCOM, etc, and without any ActiveX ?
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> "John Bandhauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Sounds to me like you want to look closer at what the embedding
> > people are doing...
> > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/embedding/
> >
> > There seem to be a lot of old info there. I suggest you browse
> > the newsgroup (link on that page). And look at the mfcembed and
> > winembed samples/testbeds.
> >
> > Good Luck.
> >
> > John.
> >
> > Chris Melville wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to start playing with constructing a UI (eg. XUL-based dialog
> box),
> > > skinning it, and linking back to C++ code through javascript/XPConnect
> and
> > > XPCOM.
> > >
> > > However I want to start doing it from a familiar environment (Visual
> > > Studio). I've got a sample VC++ application set-up, and I'd like to have
> the
> > > above (Mozilla-based) dialog pop up when a menu command is chosed. I
> figure
> > > this will help me start to understand how to use increasing amounts of
> > > Mozilla code in my non-browser apps (previously MFC-based) until they
> become
> > > almost totally Mozilla-based.
> > >
> > > I've done so much reading on the various Moz technologies that my head
> is
> > > spinning, but I'm still strugling to understand where to start doing
> this. I
> > > know I need the indiviual technologies/libraries (XPCOM) but what do I
> need
> > > to do to load/initialise the appropriate things so I can start doing
> > > XUL/javascript/XPCOM stuff in my own external C++ application?
> > >
> > > I have downloaded and built 0.8.1, and added the include/lib/bin subdirs
> in
> > > the 'dist' subdirectory to my VC++ project, so I guess I'm ready to
> start
> > > writing code, once I know what to write.
> > >
> > > Any help before I fall over would be most appreciated :0)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chris
