Bug 171739 - [Browser] Natively support Adobe Flash and PDF reader as one of the SWT components
Summary: [Browser] Natively support Adobe Flash and PDF reader as one of the SWT compo...
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3   Edit
Hardware: PC All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2007-01-25 19:43 EST by Ivan Mising name CLA
Modified: 2017-07-28 10:08 EDT (History)
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Description Ivan Mising name CLA 2007-01-25 19:43:11 EST 
Hi all,

  Web 2.0 is every where. every things is about contents. so, I think nice if Adobe Flash and PDF reader can be part of SWT components. I know that this 2 components can be loaded using browser component but this is too heavy as I think.... and it is very hard place them in certain location... Adobe Apollo is a very good ideas in RIA... I really hope that SWT can rich RIA stage as well by supporting this 2 components.

Thanks
Comment 1 Steve Northover CLA 2007-01-29 18:13:38 EST 
Any idea how this would be done without using a browser?
Comment 2 Ivan Mising name CLA 2007-01-29 19:15:05 EST 
hmm... I just wonder... how firefox web browser load this things in ? Is there anyway that SWT can follow firefox way ?
Comment 3 Ivan Mising name CLA 2007-06-06 00:45:03 EDT 
Is there anyway that create a new Composite which will able to support FireFox plugin like Adobe Flash, PDF viewer, any media players and etc ? In that case FireFox native libraries are required. A way to communicate with plugin using JavaScript or XML. Hopefully this make them cross platforms...

I'm not sure this will help or not.. but.. it looks quite close to the ideas
JavaFlash
http://dctc.sjtu.edu.cn:81/wonder/
Comment 4 Steve Northover CLA 2007-06-06 07:41:29 EDT 
I think accessing these components through the Browser control is the way to go for now.  It has the advantage that it works today.
Comment 5 Ivan Mising name CLA 2007-06-06 08:02:38 EDT 
Let say, inside one composite control contain more than one Browser control. Will that causing SWT start more than one web browser or Browser control will only share one resource at the back ?

Thanks for your reply.
Comment 6 Steve Northover CLA 2007-06-06 08:12:41 EDT 
The Browser control is just like any other SWT control.  It runs in the same process.  Multiple instances of the Browser share the same underlying DLL's and the same address space.
Comment 7 Ivan Mising name CLA 2007-06-06 08:46:54 EDT 
hmm..... sounds like it should do the job with javaxpcom together.

Thanks
Comment 8 Grant Gayed CLA 2010-02-12 14:54:05 EST 
Moving report to triage.  For more info about swt bug handling see
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/triage.php .