Is window.location="skp:" a protocol?

[Jim]

So I was looking at my File Types setting in XP and noticed these URL handler types.

So might it be possible to add a SKP: protocol handler for firefox?

Not that I have a use at the moment, just wondering.

[thomthom]

It look seem like a protocol. I have wondered how SU and the webcontrol handles this.
Maybe there are something explained in the documentation for the webcontrol.

@jim said:

So might it be possible to add a SKP: protocol handler for firefox?

should be, yes - like Skype does to trigger calls.

[Dan Rathbun]

@thomthom said:

It look seem like a protocol. I have wondered how SU and the webcontrol handles this.

I think it is specifically called a "Ghost Protocol". I'll see if I can find the MSDN page that I read (months ago on the topic.)

[Dan Rathbun]

Links of Interest

• MSDN: [Asynchronous Pluggable Protocols](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767743(v)

[Jim]

So I found this mozilla article. I was trying to register the protocol in Firefox, but that only works for non-windows. I used the example .reg file from the article - replacing "foo" with "skp" and Firefox then asked me what program to use to open the skp: protocol. I selected TDB's sub.exe to handle the protocol.

And after that, entering the javascript:window.location="skp:hi" in the address bar did indeed run sub.exe, but sub.exe is looking for a file named skp:hi.

I wonder if making sub.exe accept stdin would be better, and if it's possible.

So maybe with a little more trickery it's possible to have (at least one way) comms from Firefox to Sketchup.

Still not sure if this is going anywhere - I just find it interesting.

[Dan Rathbun]

Yup ... but really the better course would be duplex pipes.