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# webPlugInStart()

Tells the plug-in to start normal operation.

```
func webPlugInStart()
```

## Discussion

The plug-in usually begins its primary task (such as drawing, playing sounds, or animating) in this method. This method may be called more than once, provided that the application has already called [`webPlugInInitialize()`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class/webPlugInInitialize()) and that each call to this method is followed later by a call to [`webPlugInStop()`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class/webPlugInStop()).

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