plugin that does not force rendering in a new NSView

FROM : Andrew Harrison
DATE : Sun Jan 13 16:11:00 2008

Hi,

I've created a plugin based on WebView for handling a particular mime 
type. This works fine except, I do not want to render anything in the 
browser - I just want to pass the url of the data to an external 
application, i.e. I would like the user to click on a link, and the 
external app to do its thing. Instead, because I'm subclassing NSView, 
the browser moves to a blank page (because I have nothing to render). 
Is there anyway to use the facilities of the WebKit without forcing me 
to render something?

I've searched extensively and cannot find any docs on how this might 
be achieved. The Java Web Start  plugin does something similar to what 
I want. I've tried getting hold of a parent frame's history, and even 
tried writing out a script tag in order to try and get 
document.referrer, and then load the previous page in my WebView.

Any help appreciated.

Andrew