See also "[Using Tcl to write WWW client side applications within the WWW browser]", "[BrowseX]", "[Invoking browsers]", ... ---- I'll explain this at some point: package require tcom wm overrideredirect . on pack [canvas .c -background blue -height 20 -width 20] proc paste_on_top_IE toplevel { set application [::tcom::ref getactiveobject \ InternetExplorer.Application] wm geometry . +[$application Left]+[$application Top] raise . update idletasks after 300 [list paste_on_top_IE $toplevel] } paste_on_top_IE . Notice the use made of [tcom]. [[Eventually explain Browser Helper Objects, XUL, toolbar SDK, ...]] ---- Communication with an existing [browser] instance, as opposed to [invoking browsers]: * '''windows''': netscape (and other browsers) respond to a few [DDE] commands. * '''unix''': - ''mozilla / netscape'': recognizes a -remote flag that attempts to re-use an existing browser process, or you can communicate with netscape on unix without the -remote flag with an extension[http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=m3n0sbfuc0.fsf%40nova.revier.com] [http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html]: - ''konqueror'': in KDE you can make use of the "kfmclient" command (type "kfmclient --commands" for reference). ''Yes, it does, eventually. There is a Tcl-extension that does the same thing (communicating with Netscape using X Window Properties) without starting another instance of Netscape, which works much faster (almost instantly and without any overhead). I haven't tried it with recent versions of Tcl/Tk, though.'' ftp://ftp.procplace.com/pub/tcl/sorted/net/netscape-remote-v1.2/ ---- [Category Internet]