[webkit-help] WebKit+cairo javascript print support and missing entry point

[sunil]

> Hi Sunil,
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:56 PM, sunil <dummy at richsuib.com> wrote:
>> 1. whenever I try to run the generated WebKit.exe, it fails on loading
>> WebKit.dll with the message "The procedure entry point FontMetrics could not
>> be located in the dynamic link library Webkit.dll."  Is WebKit.exe even
>> supposed to run the Cairo port, or did I somehow mess up my build?
>> Obviously, this problem does not exist with WinLauncher.exe or the test
>> wrapper app I built (which is essentially a clone of WinLauncher).
>
> The FontMetrics call (and the associated WebKitGraphics.cpp
> implementation) is used internally by Safari (and perhaps other Apple
> products), and are not really part of the "WebKit" API.  I elected not
> to implement them, as I did not have any specific need.  If you have a
> compelling use case, we can see about getting them activated for
> non-Apple builds.
>
>> 2. One of my test html pages has a javascript button click event handler
>> that invokes window.print(). For some reason, this call silently fails when
>> the page is loaded into WinLauncher. FWIW, I see the same behavior with the
>> Chromium Embedded Framework. But the windows (non-cairo) WebKit.exe and
>> Safari do not fail this call. And neither does a build of Chromium. Any
>> pointers?
>
> By "Fail Silently" you probably mean nothing happens.
>
> To implement printing support, you need to implement the printing
> support functions in the IWebUIDelegate class.  I implemented enough
> of this in the WinLauncher example to use the menu to perform
> printing, but I did not implement the "printFrame" method.
>
> If you implement printFrame, then everything should work.
>
> -Brent
>

Thanks Brent, Jerry and Alex. Implementing printFrame by copying the  
relevant bits from WinLauncher took care of the print issue.

I don't have a particular need for implementing FontMetrics or running  
Safari with the Cairo build - so that's not really an issue.

Thanks much,
Sunil