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Add ActiveX and NPAPI Plugin in one page using Nested Object Tag

Answer 1

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Well, you should not do that. Instead, give the objects the same "class" value, and have your Javascript look for that.

Values for "id" attributes must be unique.

Pointy 2010-10-10 11:49:03

And how do I go on about doing that? Both object tags have a class value, ok no problem with that, but how can I get the object to be global among all Javascript functionality, and how can I get the element by its class?

Voulnet 2010-10-11 05:53:53

For example:<object classid="clsid:something" class="myClass"><object type="application/x-blah-blah-blah" class="myClass" > </object> </object>Then what, somewhere in my Javascript I call:objectx = getElementsByClassName('myClass');Because that doesn't work right.

Voulnet 2010-10-11 05:56:01

Yes, that's exactly how you'd do it, and it will "work right". It's an extremely common way to do things.

Pointy 2010-10-11 12:06:17

Sorry, but it didn't work. Not many browsers support that method, and even in FF3.6.10 it didn't work although I did in fact define a custom getElementsByClassName function in case the browser doesn't support it. But I found another solution. Thanks for the great effort, though.

Voulnet 2010-10-11 21:03:50

Well you can get elements other ways too, you know. You could, for example, call "getElementsByTagName('*')" and then iterate through the node list looking for the ones you want.

Pointy 2010-10-11 21:17:18

Answer 2

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getElementsByClassName didn't work for me, so I did a simple trick that worked beautifully.

<object classid="clsid:something" id="obj1" >
<object type="application/x-blah-blah-blah" id="obj2">
</object></object>

Then in my JavaScript code I called at the beginning:

if (obj2!=null && obj2!=undefined)

or if you wish if (!(obj2==null || obj2==undefined)) whatever you like

obj1 = getElementById("obj2");

That will create the object for the NPAPI plugin, or if the browser is IE, will proceed smoothly without entering that if statement (IE doesn't allow you to use getElementById to assign to an object that has an id attribute). Then you just use obj1 for your processing or use it to instantiate another object as you see fit.

Voulnet 2010-10-11 21:15:24

Answer 3

A:

You can actually register a mime type for an activex control, if it's yours, which then would allow you to use the same object tag for both.

FireBreath (http://firebreath.org) does this.

More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751976(VS.85).aspx

Taxilian 2010-10-26 15:15:24

That doesn't sound so standard-y, so I used what YouTube does. I check if the browser is IE then based on that I dynamically inject into the DOM.

Voulnet 2010-10-27 09:59:29

Also, thank you so much for your GREAT work at ColonelPanic, man! Your NPAPI tutorials are made of pure win.

Voulnet 2010-10-27 09:59:54

I'm glad they're helpful =] It really isn't uncommon to register the mime type, but either way works. There are advantages and disadvantages both directions.

Taxilian 2010-10-29 01:19:20

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