MacOSX/Carbon Netscape/Safari PlugIn Not Recognized

[Eric Edwards]

Hello,

I have written a Carbonized Netscape PlugIn which works fine under Internet
Explorer 5.2.2 and MacOS 10.2.6. However when I try it with Netscape 7.1 or
Safari the plugin fails to be called. Although it is listed in the PlugIns
section of the Help Menu.

I have just made an ordinary file (not a package) and dropped in the Internet
PlugIns folder in the Library folder.

Anyone have any idea why IE work and the others don't? I went into the
preferences "Helper Apps" section and forced it to point to the PlugIn.

Any ideas? Seems funny it works in IE but not the others.

Thanks in advance

[Richard Wesley]

In article <01HW.BB44492800168EB716363D70@news.dsl.pipex.com> ,
Eric Edwards <NOericESPAM@genie.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have written a Carbonized Netscape PlugIn which works fine under Internet
> Explorer 5.2.2 and MacOS 10.2.6. However when I try it with Netscape 7.1 or
> Safari the plugin fails to be called. Although it is listed in the PlugIns
> section of the Help Menu.
>
> I have just made an ordinary file (not a package) and dropped in the Internet
> PlugIns folder in the Library folder.
>
> Anyone have any idea why IE work and the others don't? I went into the
> preferences "Helper Apps" section and forced it to point to the PlugIn.
>
> Any ideas? Seems funny it works in IE but not the others.
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Does it hit any breakpoints/DebugStrs along the way?

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[Larry Gerndt]

in article [email]01HW.BB44492800168EB716363D70@news.dsl.pipex.com[/email], Eric Edwards at
[email]NOericESPAM@genie.net[/email] wrote on 7/23/03 6:16 AM:

> Hello,
>
> I have written a Carbonized Netscape PlugIn which works fine under Internet
> Explorer 5.2.2 and MacOS 10.2.6. However when I try it with Netscape 7.1 or
> Safari the plugin fails to be called. Although it is listed in the PlugIns
> section of the Help Menu.
>
> I have just made an ordinary file (not a package) and dropped in the Internet
> PlugIns folder in the Library folder.
>
> Anyone have any idea why IE work and the others don't? I went into the
> preferences "Helper Apps" section and forced it to point to the PlugIn.
>
> Any ideas? Seems funny it works in IE but not the others.
>
> Thanks in advance

I have the same exact problem. It's a big problem, and I've filed bugs with
Apple on this.