Alternative for Activex in Mozilla

[varsha]

Hi,

1] I want to check the installed software on client machine using win32 api.
(Using this I want to check own desktop application installed or not. If not
then I want to install that application.)

For that I used Activex to check it and I installed and used that Activex in
IE.

Same way I want to check for mozilla (Cross-Browser).

2] What are the ways for Mozilla to access win32 or VC++.

I read XPCOM is Cross platform COM and generally some application uses
plugin to install extra component like flah plugin etc.

So, I am confused with Plugin and XPCOM.

3]I want to just call function in win32 application. What can I used to
achive this?

Thanks & Regards

Varsha

[Benjamin Smedberg]

varsha wrote:

> 2] What are the ways for Mozilla to access win32 or VC++.
>
> I read XPCOM is Cross platform COM and generally some application uses
> plugin to install extra component like flah plugin etc.
>
> So, I am confused with Plugin and XPCOM.

Plugins are binary DLLs which are written using the NPAPI. They can be used
by web pages. An example of a popular plugin is Adobe Flash.

For more information about developing plugins, see
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Plugins

The user typically installs a plugin by running an installer, or they can be
packaged as part of a Firefox extension or XULRunner application.

Binary XPCOM components are binary DLLs. They provide XPCOM components which
are then available to privileged script (extension code). They are not
usually available to web content. For more information about XPCOM, see
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM

XPCOM components are shipped as part of a Firefox extension or XULRunner
application.

Please note: if you only need to check Windows registry settings, you don't
need to write a binary at all: we have an XPCOM component which allows you
to work with the Windows registry directly from script:
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Accessing_the_Windows_Registry_Using_XPCOM

--BDS