Hi, Darin Thanks for your reply.
Facing the myriad of source files in webkit, I am really a little bit lost! Could you tell me which files to start looking at? 2008/3/25, Darin Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:50 PM, wang gang wrote: > > > Is there a way to extend webkit so as to enable the browser or > > widgets (like the ones on Mac) to access the native functionalities > > of the machine? > > Sure, if you're developing the program using WebKit. The > JavaScriptCore API can be used to add new objects and functions to > JavaScript. > > Safari does this on Mac OS X. > > > scenario 1: in the browser, a piece of js code can invoke certain > > apis to make phone calls or send/receive sms on a mobile phone which > > has webkit ported and served as the base of the browser. > > scenario 2: a widget reads from the local PIM database on the > > phone and shows contact or calendar info. > > > > The basic idea is to provide necessary apis to be used by js code > > which can then access local data just as it does in getting remote > > info (like in ajax). > > > You can indeed do this with WebKit. > > The details of how to do it depend on how you've done the WebKit port > to your platform. > > -- Darin > >
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