Browser plugin (was: Re: Mac 2.8 Browser plugin)

Bob Arning arning at charm.net
Fri Sep 1 11:38:36 UTC 2000


On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:49:21 -0700 Michael Rueger <m.rueger at acm.org> wrote:
>> >* You shouldn't use HTTPSocket to get stuff, but
>> >       (FileStream requestURLStream: 'squeak.3ds')
>> >  which asks Netscape to fetch the file. You might also look at the
>> >  PluginCodeLoader and PluginHTTPRequest stuff.
>> 
>> Bert,
>> 
>> Wouldn't this prevent those squeaklets from being used in Squeak that is *not* in a browser?
>
>No, the code falls back to the HTTPSocket get when Squeak is not running
>inside a browser.

Or it will as soon as 'FileStream requestURLStream:' exists in a normal image, right? ;-)

Cheers,
Bob





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