Access an embed object via javascript

[Phil]

Hi,

I want to access the features of a plugin without actually embedding
it into a page. Is this possible?

Eg

The code to embed the object into a page is:

<OBJECT classid='CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5
codebase='http://www.test.com/plug.cab#version=3,1' "id='myPlugin'
height='0' width='0'>

<EMBED type='application/x-myPlugin' name='myPlugin' hidden='true'
src='in.txt'></EMBED>

</OBJECT>

I could simply add this using document.write, but for various reasons
I dont want to do this.
I would rather do something like:

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"].enabledPlugin : 0;

myObj = new object("CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5");

myObj.pluginMethod

Thanks

[Martin Honnen]

Phil wrote:

I want to access the features of a plugin without actually embedding
it into a page. Is this possible?

Eg

The code to embed the object into a page is:

<OBJECT classid='CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5
codebase='http://www.test.com/plug.cab#version=3,1' "id='myPlugin'
height='0' width='0'>

<EMBED type='application/x-myPlugin' name='myPlugin' hidden='true'
src='in.txt'></EMBED>

</OBJECT>

I could simply add this using document.write, but for various reasons
I dont want to do this.
I would rather do something like:

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"].enabledPlugin : 0;

myObj = new object("CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5");

myObj.pluginMethod

With MSIE/Win you might be able to use
var control = new ActiveXObject('program.id')
and then script that but you need to find out the program id of that
CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Phil]

Martin Honnen <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<41***********************@newsread4.arcor-online.net>...

Phil wrote:

I want to access the features of a plugin without actually embedding
it into a page. Is this possible?

Eg

The code to embed the object into a page is:

<OBJECT classid='CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5
codebase='http://www.test.com/plug.cab#version=3,1' "id='myPlugin'
height='0' width='0'>

<EMBED type='application/x-myPlugin' name='myPlugin' hidden='true'
src='in.txt'></EMBED>

</OBJECT>

I could simply add this using document.write, but for various reasons
I dont want to do this.
I would rather do something like:

var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-Web-Plugin"].enabledPlugin : 0;

myObj = new object("CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5");

myObj.pluginMethod

With MSIE/Win you might be able to use
var control = new ActiveXObject('program.id')
and then script that but you need to find out the program id of that
CLSID:7FA62735-AHC3-14d2-9F81-00114B3245C5.

Thats something like what im looking for, the only problem is that
this has to work in Mozilla Firefox ( and not IE!).

Thanks