Index

A

About Plug-ins page 8

allocating memory 90

API organization 100

B

building plug-ins 32

C

communicating with Java 31

function group (Netscape) 108

function group (Plug-in) 106

Communicator, restarting 97

conventions, document xvi

creating a stream 75

creating an instance of a plug-in 41

creating dialog boxes 61

creating pop-up menus 61

current version

finding a feature 96

getting 95

D

deleting the stream 76

destroying a plug-in instance 43

developer information xix

displaying messages on the status line 30

displaying status line message 94

displaying URL 83

document conventions xvi

drawing and events

function group (Netscape) 107

function group (Plug-in) 105

drawing methods, reference 122

drawing plug-ins 26

functions 50

methods 50

E

EMBED tag 14, 15

embedded plug-in 13

entry point, NPP_GetMIMEDescription 26

error codes 192

event handling

windowed plug-ins 56

windowless plug-ins 62

F

file mode 73

finding installed plug-ins 3

finding maximum number of bytes 70

flushing memory 91

forcing a paint message 59

freeing memory 90

full-page plug-in 14

functions

NPN_DestroyStream 143

NPN_ForceRedraw 128

NPN_GetJavaEnv 168

NPN_GetJavaPeer 169

NPN_GetURL 150

NPN_GetURLNotify 153

NPN_GetValue 131

NPN_InvalidateRect 130

NPN_InvalidateRegion 131

NPN_MemAlloc 159

NPN_MemFlush 160

NPN_MemFree 161

NPN_NewStream 144

NPN_PostURL 154

NPN_PostURLNotify 157

NPN_ReloadPlugins 97, 162

NPN_RequestRead 145

NPN_SetValue 133

NPN_Status 163

NPN_UserAgent 164

NPN_Version 165

NPN_Write 147

NPP_Destroy 117

NPP_DestroyStream 135

NPP_GetJavaClass 167

NPP_GetValue 122

NPP_HandleEvent 123

NPP_Initialize 116

NPP_New 119

NPP_NewStream 136

NPP_Print 125

NPP_SetValue 126

NPP_SetWindow 127

NPP_Shutdown 120

NPP_StreamAsFile 139

NPP_URLNotify 149

NPP_Write 140

NPP_WriteReady 141

functions by API group 100

functions by functional group 111

G

getting agent information 94

getting current Plug-in API version 95

getting UI information 30

getting URLs 81

getting version information 30

H

handling memory 27

hidden plug-in 13

how Communicator finds plug-ins 8

HTML tags 14

I

initialization 40

initialization and destruction

function group (Plug-in) 105

function methods, reference 116

Installed Plug-ins page 3

installing plug-ins

automatic installation 35

JAR Installation Manager 34

manual installation 34

J

JAR Installation Manager, using 35

Java

calling from plug-ins 31

Java access methods, reference 167

Java Runtime Interface (JRI) 2

L

layers. See sections.

LiveConnect 4

LiveConnecting Plug-ins with Java 2, 5

M

mail

mailto URL 80

sending 87

making a plug-in opaque 60

memory

allocating 90

flushing 91

freeing 90

methods for handling 27

memory group (Netscape) 108

Memory methods, reference 159

MIME types 23

N

Netscape developer information xix

Netscape methods 9

communicating with Java 108

drawing and events 107

functional subgroups 107

memory 108

receiving data streams 109

sending data streams 109

summary 103

utility 109

working with URLs 107

Netscape ONE 2, 4

netscape_minor version number 96

notifying plug-in

stream creation 67

stream destruction 69

NP_Port structure 181

NP_Rect structure 184

NPAnyCallbackStruct structure 172

NPByteRange structure 173

NPEmbedPrint structure 174

NPEvent structure 174

NPFullPrint structure 179

NPN_DestroyStream function 143

NPN_ForceRedraw function 128

NPN_GetJavaEnv function 168

NPN_GetJavaPeer function 169

NPN_GetURL function 81, 150

NPN_GetURLNotify function 82, 153

NPN_GetValue function 52, 61, 131

NPN_InvalidateRect function 130

NPN_InvalidateRegion function 131

NPN_MemAlloc function 91, 159

NPN_MemFlush function 91, 160

NPN_MemFree function 91, 161

NPN_NewStream function 75, 144

NPN_PostURL function 84, 154

NPN_PostURLNotify function 85, 157

NPN_ReloadPlugins function 97, 162

NPN_RequestRead function 73, 145

NPN_SetValue function 133

NPN_Status function 94, 163

NPN_UserAgent function 95, 164

NPN_Version function 95, 96, 165

NPN_Write function 76, 147

NPP structure 180

NPP_Destroy function 43, 117

NPP_DestroyStream function 69, 135

NPP_GetJavaClass function 167

NPP_GetMIMEDescription entry point 26

NPP_GetValue function 122

NPP_HandleEvent function 62, 123

NPP_Initialize function 116

using 40

NPP_New function 41, 119

NPP_NewStream function 67, 72, 136

NPP_Print function 125

NPP_SetValue function 126

NPP_SetWindow function 51, 127, 128

NPP_Shutdown function 44, 120

NPP_StreamAsFile function 139

NPP_URLNotify function 149

NPP_Write function 71, 140

NPP_WriteReady function 70, 71, 141

NPPrint structure 182

NPPrintCallbackStruct structure 183

NPSavedData structure 186

NPSetWindowCallbackStruct structure 187

npstream structure 188

NPVERS constants 96, 166

NPWindow function 48

NPWindow structure 189

O

OBJECT tag 14, 18

P

platform independence 11

Plug-in methods 9

communicating with Java 106

drawing and events 105

functional subgroups 105

initialization and destruction 105

receiving data streams 106

summary 102

working with URLs 106

Plug-in SDK xvii

plug-in version constants 194

plug-ins

and web page 6

building 32

building on Mac OS 33

building on Unix 32

building on Win32 32

creating an instance 41

defined 1

destroying 43

drawing 26, 50

embedded 13

finding installed plug-ins 3, 8

full-page 14

groups 9

hidden 13

how plug-ins work 6

how to use 3

HTML tags 14

initialization 40

lifespan 7

LiveConnect 4

naming functions 9

Netscape methods 9

Netscape ONE 2, 4

opaque 60

platform independence 11

Plug-in methods 9

plug-ins directory 8

registering 23

reloading 97

shutdown 44

syntax 10

threads 7

transparent 60

when to use 4

windowed 11, 53

windowless 11

working with URLs 29

writing 22

posting data to HTTP server 86

posting URLs 84

pushing data into the stream 76

R

random-access mode 72

reason codes 193

receiving data streams group (Netscape) 109

receiving data streams group (Plug-in) 106

registering plug-ins 23

Mac OS 24

MS Windows 25

Unix 26

reloading plug-ins 97

restarting Communicator 97

RFC 1738

Uniform Resource Locators (URL) 80

runtime model, plug-ins 7

S

sections 14

LAYER tag 14

security 36, 37

sending data streams group (Netscape) 109

sending mail 87

sending stream in file mode 73

sending stream in random-access mode 72

sending the stream 74

shutdown 44

specifying that a plug-in is windowless 57

status line, displaying messages 30

stream methods, reference 135

streams 28, 65

receiving 66

structures

NP_Port 181

NP_Rect 184

NP_Region 185

NPAnyCallbackStruct 172

NPByteRange 173

NPEmbedPrint 174

NPEvent 174

NPFullPrint 179

NPP 180

NPPrint 182

NPPrintCallbackStruct 183

NPSavedData 186

NPSetWindowCallbackStruct 187

NPStream 188

NPWindow 189

summary 171

supported URL schemes 79

T

text conventions xvi

thread-handling 7

type definitions 192

U

uploading files to FTP server 86

URL methods, reference 148

URLs 29

supported by Navigator 79

supported schemes 79

utility group (Netscape) 109

Utility methods, reference 162

V

version constants 166

W

windowed plug-ins 47, 53

drawing 50

handling events 56

windowless plug-ins 47

creating dialog boxes 61

creating menus 61

drawing 50

forcing paint message 59

handling events 62

invalidate 58

opaque 60

specifying 57

transparent 60

working with URLs

function group (Netscape) 107

function group (Plug-in) 106

writing plug-ins 22

writing the stream 71

Last Updated: 01/15/97 16:38:18