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nsIPluginManager

IID:da58ad80-4eb6-11d2-8164-006008119d7a
Inherits From:nsISupports

This interface is implemented by the following components:

Methods

[noscript] void GetValue ( nsPluginManagerVariable variable , nativeVoid value ) [noscript] void RegisterPlugin ( REFNSIID CID , char* pluginName , char* description , nativeChar mimeTypes , nativeChar mimeDescriptions , nativeChar fileExtensions , PRInt32 count ) void reloadPlugins ( PRBool reloadPages ) [noscript] void UnregisterPlugin ( REFNSIID CID ) [noscript] void UserAgent ( nativeChar resultingAgentString )

void GetValue ( nsPluginManagerVariable variable , nativeVoid value )

Returns the value of a variable associated with the plugin manager.

(Corresponds to NPN_GetValue.)

Arguments:
variable: - the plugin manager variable to get
value: - the address of where to store the resulting value

void RegisterPlugin ( REFNSIID CID , char* pluginName , char* description , nativeChar mimeTypes , nativeChar mimeDescriptions , nativeChar fileExtensions , PRInt32 count )

Arguments:
CID
pluginName
description
mimeTypes
mimeDescriptions
fileExtensions
count

void reloadPlugins ( PRBool reloadPages )

Causes the plugins directory to be searched again for new plugin libraries.

(Corresponds to NPN_ReloadPlugins.)

Arguments:
reloadPages: - indicates whether currently visible pages should also be reloaded

void UnregisterPlugin ( REFNSIID CID )

Unregister a plugin from the plugin manager

Arguments:
CID: the CID of the plugin to unregister.

void UserAgent ( nativeChar resultingAgentString )

Returns the user agent string for the browser.

(Corresponds to NPN_UserAgent.)

Arguments:
resultingAgentString: - the resulting user agent string

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