How to include a plugin into your program

[konithomimo]

How would I go about utilizing a plugin in my program. By this I mean...lets say that there is an online program for which you have to install the plugin onto your computer in order to use the program. How could I include that plugin into a program that can be used offline, or placed into an online applet, so that other people dont have to download that plugin.

Basically...I want to know how to put a plugin into my program so that no one else has to download it. Instead they just use the program, which includes the plugin.

And just so you all know, the plugin is a *.dll file. Could I just put it in an online folder, and cal to it when it is needed??

Thanks in advance.

[ray326]

A plugin will have to be downloaded and installed ala Shockwave, Flash, Java JRE, Acrobat Reader, etc. because they are native code program extensions.