Replacement for NPAPI Plugin
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Armen Sarkisian
Jan 29, 2015, 2:17:50 AM1/29/15
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As we all know Google announced to remove NPAPI from Chrome on September 2015:
http://www.chromium.org/developers/npapi-deprecation
I have a plugin developed with NPAPI, which allows users to scan using WIA and TWAIN. I also use there WinApi do "draw" controls inside browser. Short research showed that alternatives like Native Client/Pepper and so on, do not allow direct access to WinApi.
As I understand the only alternative is to create separate application(e.g Windows Service) to call WinApi throw it, and use WebSockets for communication between Browser and Service. I also should replace HWND with HTML5 canvas drawing.
Please tell me, are there any other solutions for this situation ?
PhistucK
Jan 29, 2015, 2:38:10 AM1/29/15
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Not really, but since you are building a Chrome application and not a web application, you can use the native messaging API, which means you do not have to communicate using a WebSocket, but using the standard input/output.
The rest is still true, unfortunately.
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Armen Sarkisian
Jan 29, 2015, 2:45:58 AM1/29/15
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Thanks for the reply
The reason why I mention WebSockets and Windows Service, is that Native Messaging will work only in Chrome. Currently I have two interfaces, NPAPI(Chrome,Firefox, Opera) and ActiveX(IE), So if I create another interface for native messaging it will be a mess. And with WebSockets, it will be only one standard communication.
Armen Sarkisian
Jan 29, 2015, 3:45:07 AM1/29/15
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By the way, is it possible to use Native Messaging out of Chrome Extension ? Just having calls from my page ?
On Thursday, 29 January 2015 11:17:50 UTC+4, Armen Sarkisian wrote:
PhistucK
Jan 29, 2015, 5:08:09 AM1/29/15
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No.
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chol 2046
Jan 29, 2015, 2:46:19 PM1/29/15
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Jan 29, 2015, 2:46:27 PM1/29/15
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