Steven Fraser wrote: > Can we get an answer as to whether LiveConnect is going to be supported > in Mozilla? > > IMO, Mozilla without LiveConnect is too large of an obstacle for most > people to overcome when switching browsers. > > I can't get my company to support Mozilla/Netscape 6 without an ability > for us to control plugins like Flash and QuickTime from JavaScript. > > Two questions: > > 1. Will current plugins like Flash and Quicktime be able to be > controlled from JavaScript using LiveConnect? > > 2. If not, what is the work-around, and are you evangelizing Macromedia, > Apple, and other companies with ways to make their plugins work in Mozilla? > > Thanks, > > Steven Fraser > > > > Sergej Marsnjak wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I'm writing a plugin for Netscape (I'm using version 6). I have ported it >> from my ActiveX control. >> It works well by itself, but it has no communication with Netscape. As I >> read in Netscape's documentation about writing plugins, a LiveConnect is >> used to provide a communication by using Java and JavaScript. A function >> NPN_GetJavaEnv is used to get a handle to Java environment. But this >> function always returns NULL. (I have disassembled it, and also see a >> source >> from Mozilla). So I suppose LiveConnect is no longer supported? >> What a technique should I use then? >> >> Sergej Marsnjak >> >> >> > >
email asa, or staff, or drivers for specifics, see this query for live connect bugs. http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&field0-0-0=product&type0-0-0=allwordssubstr&value0-0-0=live+connect&field0-0-1=component&type0-0-1=allwordssubstr&value0-0-1=live+connect&field0-0-2=short_desc&type0-0-2=allwordssubstr&value0-0-2=live+connect&field0-0-3=status_whiteboard&type0-0-3=allwordssubstr&value0-0-3=live+connect&bugidtype=include&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time see this bug comments: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4493#c14 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4493#c15 check out this fix.. http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60018 -Dennis
