151692 - hang on active scripting page (javascript accessing alambik embeded plugin web page)

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[aurelien]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611
BuildID:    2002061104

I installed the alambik plugin (see www.alambik.com for more info)
Then i visited www.the-demo.com, where they show lots of examples of alambik
scripts viewed with this plugin. All was going perfectly, eccept when i tried
the active scripting example. Mozilla freezed. (had to kill it in the task
manager) I dont know if "active scripting" is the good term. The crash occured
when javascript tried to access the plugin to control it. Like a javascript
accessing the mediaplayer to play or stop it.
The URL showing this crash is the folowing : 
http://www.the-demo.com/samples/EnhancedWebsites/HTMLInlays/Strass/FilterInlay/index.htm
I could not test it without the plugin installed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. install the alambik script (http://www.net-viewer.com)
2. restart mozilla
3. go to :
http://www.the-demo.com/samples/EnhancedWebsites/HTMLInlays/Strass/FilterInlay/index.htm
4. make the test showed

Actual Results:  mozilla freezed

Expected Results:  plugin action controled by javascript.

im not really an expert, sorry :-)

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> Plugins

could be a possible loop in the JS because it they try to use the not supported
old JS functions.

BTW  "crash" is not a "hang" (or freeze)

Comment 2

[anthonyd]

this is gonna be a little more work becaus eit works on my DEBUG build, but 
hangs on my RELEASE build.  more to come...

confirming, and even though it is not tier 1 plugin, it *IS* a hang, so setting 
to 1.1.  adding misc and hang to status whiteboard.

anthonyd

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

handing over to av

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

handing over to peterl, the plug-in vendor has contacted us and would like to
work with us to get the plug-in issues resolved.

Comment 5

[rubydoo123]

Once the dll (NPAlambik.dll) and the xpt (nsIAlambikPlugin.xpt) get installed in
the appropriate directory (C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape\Plugins) the
plug-in worked as expected. The missing xpt file will cause the hang.

It would be extremely helpful if the vendor would ensure the files get installed
to the correct directory

Comment 6

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

and don't forget :
C:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\Plugins :-)