Re: sample plugin, call dll from java script

On Friday, January 18, 2013 11:07:26 PM UTC+5:30, Benjamin Smedberg wrote:
> On 1/18/2013 5:40 AM, karthik sai wrote:
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> > I want a plugin which has some dll files. I want to use those dll from
> 
> > javascript. I am new to plugin development.
> 
> > So, I want a simple sample plugin . I am using mozilla firefox 17.
> 
> Are you talking about developing an NPAPI *plugin*, which is usually a 
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> single binary DLL and loaded by web content to display a MIME type like 
> 
> Flash? Or are you developing a browser extension, primarily written in 
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> JavaScript/XUL and sometimes contain external helper DLLs? It sounds 
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> like you're writing an extension and should ask this question in 
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> mozilla.dev.extensions.
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> 
> 
> --BDS

You can call C/C++ function from the extension's java script component.

Here is an excellent article about this

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/js-ctypes