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javascript – calling native "c" functions

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Dec 01.2004

Hi all,
I am posting this query to this forum, because i am not able to get a more appropriate place, Please redirect me if you find a correct place.

I am working on Video On Demand appliation, in which the pages are designed using javascript. This script is calling some APIs which is available in windows mediaplayer 9 services.

For example,

this.pl = document.getElementById(“pcMediaPlayer”);
this.pl.play();

Now I want to port the java script APIs to my custom linux platform. I am having certain APIs which are in “c” language,
which can play, pause or stop the media. Can I call these APIs from a
javascript. I think, since javascipt is executed
in the client side, any native functions cannot be caled easily. What is the alternate way of doing it.

I never worked on any scripting language before :-).
If you feel that I am entirely wrong, please feel free to advice me with a more appropriate solution

regards
durai

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@baconbuttyDec 01.2004 — Some brief thoughts:-

C

I think you can only call C API's in IE if they are packaged up as an ActiveX control. You would access them through new ActiveXObject. see Microsoft's web site: http://msdn.microsoft.com

In Mozilla, again the API's would need to be packaged up as an XPCOM interface, and accessed through the XPCONNECT technology. See http://www.xulplanet.com

Java

In IE you can also access Java applets.

In Mozilla you can access Java applets and Java classes.
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