The Immersion Web ActiveX Control and Immersion Web Netscape Plugin, collectively known as the Immersion Web Plugin, allow touch-enabled content created with Immersion rapid prototyping toolkits to play sensations in Microsoft Internet Explorer and some Netscape Navigator browsers.
The Immersion Web Plugin starts and stops touch effects from an Immersion Force Resource (IFR) file on a touch-enabled device. An IFR file is the output of an effect design session in Immersion Studio®. Methods of the Immersion Web Plugin can be called directly in a web page, using Javascript functions. The methods of the Immersion Web Plugin can also be called from any programming language that can call the methods of an ActiveX control, such as Visual Basic and Director’s Lingo.
The Immersion Web Plugin Reference contains a listing of available methods.
- Platform requirement: Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or greater and Netscape Navigator 4.x
WinXP 2P2 note: The latest update to Internet Explorer, WinXP 2P2, has implemented additional security features which hinder the installation of Active X controls. Additional steps are required to install the Immersion Web Plug-in / Active X control on Windows XP 2P2 systems.
For additional information, please reference the Immersion plug-in installation section of the web site.
