Comments on: Call for plugin Developers http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/ Dumping our corps so you don't have to Thu, 17 May 2012 01:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ColonelPanic » A year in the life of a plugin project – FireBreath 1.2 released http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-2/#comment-427 ColonelPanic » A year in the life of a plugin project – FireBreath 1.2 released Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:53:58 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-427 [...] also posted my Call for Plugin Developers here on colonelpanic and links to it on the NPAPI [...] [...] also posted my Call for Plugin Developers here on colonelpanic and links to it on the NPAPI [...]

]]> By: taxilian http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-2/#comment-355 taxilian Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:46:24 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-355 I probably missed replying to this earlier, sorry; if you're still interested in helping, it's pretty close to working but really needs some support from someone more familiar with Linux. Drop in on the mailing list and we'd love to have your help! I probably missed replying to this earlier, sorry; if you're still interested in helping, it's pretty close to working but really needs some support from someone more familiar with Linux. Drop in on the mailing list and we'd love to have your help!

]]> By: taxilian http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-2/#comment-353 taxilian Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:45:21 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-353 I've chosen to answer your comment on this thread instead of the other one, and I deleted it from that; keeps things cleaner. I don't know why you would be seeing the issue you are seeing; I do know that if it's crashing, you're probably not doing something right.<br><br>Honestly, I'd recommend taking a look at FireBreath, which has a wrapper for the stream functions built in and working. My guess, though, if it's crashing, is that you aren't cleaning something up correctly. Since you're on a mac, you should be able to get a stack trace if you disable the mozilla crash reporter, and that should tell you where you crashed. Probably a bad pointer. I've chosen to answer your comment on this thread instead of the other one, and I deleted it from that; keeps things cleaner. I don't know why you would be seeing the issue you are seeing; I do know that if it's crashing, you're probably not doing something right.

Honestly, I'd recommend taking a look at FireBreath, which has a wrapper for the stream functions built in and working. My guess, though, if it's crashing, is that you aren't cleaning something up correctly. Since you're on a mac, you should be able to get a stack trace if you disable the mozilla crash reporter, and that should tell you where you crashed. Probably a bad pointer.

]]> By: taxilian http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-354 taxilian Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:38:45 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-354 Sorry I didn't get to this sooner; somehow your comment slipped below my radar. .xpi files are not really plugin installers, though they can be used as such; I personally strongly dislike them for installing plugins, for exactly the reason you mention. it only works on firefox. The better way to do it is to use an EXE or (better) MSI installer, which can install for all browsers. Unfortunately, this will not be one-click, but it will work on IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari -- at least if you're using FireBreath to build your plugin. FireBreath includes a MSI installer that can be extended to do whatever you need. It might also be possible to use an MSI with Microsoft's clickonce tech that installs with .net, but I don't know if that works post-firefox 3.6 or not.<br><br>Good luck Sorry I didn't get to this sooner; somehow your comment slipped below my radar. .xpi files are not really plugin installers, though they can be used as such; I personally strongly dislike them for installing plugins, for exactly the reason you mention. it only works on firefox. The better way to do it is to use an EXE or (better) MSI installer, which can install for all browsers. Unfortunately, this will not be one-click, but it will work on IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari — at least if you're using FireBreath to build your plugin. FireBreath includes a MSI installer that can be extended to do whatever you need. It might also be possible to use an MSI with Microsoft's clickonce tech that installs with .net, but I don't know if that works post-firefox 3.6 or not.

Good luck

]]> By: prasanth http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-351 prasanth Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:48:55 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-351 I am writing an NPAPI plugin on MAC OS. This plugin actually downloads a file and prints the document that is downloaded. On MAC OS, brwser calls NPP_StreamAsFile to give me the file and after that NPP_DestroyStream. After that, it calls NPP_URLNotify and on completion of this, it goes on continuously calling NPP_HandleEvent.<br><br>I think because of that, when I click on Download button on my web page continuously, my application crashes.<br><br>Any expertise opinion/help on this would be really helpful. <br>I tried but not go further on this.<br><br>You can reach me on <a href="mailto:pprasanthk@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">pprasanthk@gmail.com</a><br><br>--<br>Thanks<br>Prasanth I am writing an NPAPI plugin on MAC OS. This plugin actually downloads a file and prints the document that is downloaded. On MAC OS, brwser calls NPP_StreamAsFile to give me the file and after that NPP_DestroyStream. After that, it calls NPP_URLNotify and on completion of this, it goes on continuously calling NPP_HandleEvent.

I think because of that, when I click on Download button on my web page continuously, my application crashes.

Any expertise opinion/help on this would be really helpful.
I tried but not go further on this.

You can reach me on pprasanthk@gmail.com

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Thanks
Prasanth

]]> By: Bird Hsieh http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Bird Hsieh Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:12:38 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-339 Hi Richard,<br><br>Do you consider about the installation part for cross platform or cross browsers in the same platform?<br>My new job is also to development a simple Plugins to cross platform but it needs a simple install via one button click from remote install (such as *.xpi).<br>But I found if we install the Plugins via *.xpi in windows, the DLL can be used/got in FireFox. The Chrome or Safari cannot be aware it .<br><br>Do you have any idea about this?<br>Bird Hi Richard,

Do you consider about the installation part for cross platform or cross browsers in the same platform?
My new job is also to development a simple Plugins to cross platform but it needs a simple install via one button click from remote install (such as *.xpi).
But I found if we install the Plugins via *.xpi in windows, the DLL can be used/got in FireFox. The Chrome or Safari cannot be aware it .

Do you have any idea about this?
Bird

]]> By: Sridhar Ramasami http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Sridhar Ramasami Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:27:09 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-329 I would like to help out with the linux part. I would like to help out with the linux part.

]]> By: Sanjeet Kumar http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Sanjeet Kumar Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:58:08 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-162 thank you richard for the response....i 've posted it on the discussion board. thank you richard for the response….i 've posted it on the discussion board.

]]> By: Sanjeet Kumar http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Sanjeet Kumar Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:58:08 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-180 thank you richard for the response....i 've posted it on the discussion board. thank you richard for the response….i 've posted it on the discussion board.

]]> By: taxilian http://colonelpanic.net/2009/09/call-for-plugin-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-161 taxilian Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:25:23 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=94#comment-161 It's good to see so much interest! However, I highly recommend you pose these questions to the firebreath-dev mailing list, which is a more appropriate forum for in-depth explanation and discussion of how to use FireBreath.<br><br>There is a link to it from the main FireBreath page, or just use this link: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/firebreath-dev" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/firebreath-dev</a><br><br>it requires my approval to join, but I usually do that pretty promptly (within a few hours during the day, at most a day). It's good to see so much interest! However, I highly recommend you pose these questions to the firebreath-dev mailing list, which is a more appropriate forum for in-depth explanation and discussion of how to use FireBreath.

There is a link to it from the main FireBreath page, or just use this link: http://groups.google.com/group/firebreath-dev

it requires my approval to join, but I usually do that pretty promptly (within a few hours during the day, at most a day).

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