that sounds great! On 7/2/07, Scott Cytacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just found this blog post: > > http://javier.pedemonte.us/blog/2007/05/22/mozilla-everywhere-in-swt-33/ > > SWT 3.3 is going to include direct support for using the xpcom browser on > all 3 platforms, as well as providing direct access to the JavaXPCOM apis. > The snippet at the bottom of this email is very satisfying. It shows how > other developers have the same experience trying to support IE, Safari, and > Mozilla browsers. > > On a related note. CC now has money to pay for an external consultant to > work on a Swing/AWT component that will allow us to embed the xpcom browser > in our Swing applications. I have found 1 person that seems capable and > willing to do the work, and a second group that might be able to do the > work. So I'm optimistic we will have a better browser component in a few > months. > > Scott > > ----------- > One of the higher level widgets provided by SWT is the > Browser<http://help.eclipse.org/help31/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Browser.html>, > which provides a simple interface for displaying and navigating HTML > documents. This widget uses the rendering > engine<http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#browserplatforms>that is available > on the underlying operating system: Internet Explorer for > Windows, Safari for Mac OS X, and Mozilla for Linux. > > Many developers, though, weren't completely happy with the SWT Browser > widget. There are noticeable differences between the various rendering > engines, and they wanted > consistency<https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=79213>when using a > browser in their cross platform Java apps. > > ... > > So starting with version 3.3M5, SWT now supports Mozilla as the underlying > rendering engine on Windows and Mac OS X (8th item > down<http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.3M5-200702091006/eclipse-news-M5.html#Platform>), > in addition to the already supported Linux. > > This requires that XULRunner be properly installed and > registered<http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner_1.8.0.1_Release_Notes#Installing_XULRunner>on > the system. Then, any Browser instatiated with the > SWT.MOZILLA style will use Mozilla to render the HTML page. > -------------- > > > >
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