Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Standard Binary Distribution for Windows
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Date: November 16, 2023
CEF Version: 119.4.3+gc76a3b9+chromium-119.0.6045.159
CEF URL: https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef.git
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Chromium Version: 119.0.6045.159
Chromium URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git
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This distribution contains all components necessary to build and distribute an
application using CEF on the Windows platform. Please see the LICENSING
section of this document for licensing terms and conditions.
CONTENTS
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cmake Contains CMake configuration files shared by all targets.
Debug Contains libcef.dll, libcef.lib and other components required to
build and run the debug version of CEF-based applications. By
default these files should be placed in the same directory as the
executable and will be copied there as part of the build process.
include Contains all required CEF header files.
libcef_dll Contains the source code for the libcef_dll_wrapper static library
that all applications using the CEF C++ API must link against.
Release Contains libcef.dll, libcef.lib and other components required to
build and run the release version of CEF-based applications. By
default these files should be placed in the same directory as the
executable and will be copied there as part of the build process.
Resources Contains resources required by libcef.dll. By default these files
should be placed in the same directory as libcef.dll and will be
copied there as part of the build process.
tests/ Directory of tests that demonstrate CEF usage.
cefclient Contains the cefclient sample application configured to build
using the files in this distribution. This application demonstrates
a wide range of CEF functionalities.
cefsimple Contains the cefsimple sample application configured to build
using the files in this distribution. This application demonstrates
the minimal functionality required to create a browser window.
ceftests Contains unit tests that exercise the CEF APIs.
gtest Contains the Google C++ Testing Framework used by the ceftests
target.
shared Contains source code shared by the cefclient and ceftests targets.
USAGE
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Building using CMake:
CMake can be used to generate project files in many different formats. See
usage instructions at the top of the CMakeLists.txt file.
Please visit the CEF Website for additional usage information.
https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/
REDISTRIBUTION
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This binary distribution contains the below components.
Required components:
The following components are required. CEF will not function without them.
* CEF core library.
* libcef.dll
* Crash reporting library.
* chrome_elf.dll
* Unicode support data.
* icudtl.dat
* V8 snapshot data.
* snapshot_blob.bin
* v8_context_snapshot.bin
Optional components:
The following components are optional. If they are missing CEF will continue to
run but any related functionality may become broken or disabled.
* Localized resources.
Locale file loading can be disabled completely using
CefSettings.pack_loading_disabled. The locales directory path can be
customized using CefSettings.locales_dir_path.
* locales/
Directory containing localized resources used by CEF, Chromium and Blink. A
.pak file is loaded from this directory based on the CefSettings.locale
value. Only configured locales need to be distributed. If no locale is
configured the default locale of "en-US" will be used. Without these files
arbitrary Web components may display incorrectly.
* Other resources.
Pack file loading can be disabled completely using
CefSettings.pack_loading_disabled. The resources directory path can be
customized using CefSettings.resources_dir_path.
* chrome_100_percent.pak
* chrome_200_percent.pak
* resources.pak
These files contain non-localized resources used by CEF, Chromium and Blink.
Without these files arbitrary Web components may display incorrectly.
* Direct3D support.
* d3dcompiler_47.dll
Support for GPU accelerated rendering of HTML5 content like 2D canvas, 3D CSS
and WebGL. Without this file the aforementioned capabilities may fail when GPU
acceleration is enabled (default in most cases). Use of this bundled version
is recommended instead of relying on the possibly old and untested system
installed version.
* ANGLE support.
* libEGL.dll
* libGLESv2.dll
Support for rendering of HTML5 content like 2D canvas, 3D CSS and WebGL.
Without these files the aforementioned capabilities may fail.
* SwANGLE support.
* vk_swiftshader.dll
* vk_swiftshader_icd.json
* vulkan-1.dll
Support for software rendering of HTML5 content like 2D canvas, 3D CSS and
WebGL using SwiftShader's Vulkan library as ANGLE's Vulkan backend. Without
these files the aforementioned capabilities may fail when GPU acceleration is
disabled or unavailable.
LICENSING
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The CEF project is BSD licensed. Please read the LICENSE.txt file included with
this binary distribution for licensing terms and conditions. Other software
included in this distribution is provided under other licenses. Please visit
"about:credits" in a CEF-based application for complete Chromium and third-party
licensing information.
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