upgrade libcef

[avspeed]

Hello Team CefSharp,

Not techbically an issue but I downloaded and built branch 2272 of cef and would like to use it with cefsharp. Are the steps needed to build my own cefsdk and subsequently rebuild cefsharp with the custom cefsdk documented anywhere ?

Thank you for any info that you could share.

[jankurianski]

I haven't personally done this, but I found some documentation on it here:
https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Building-CefSharp#building-cef-for-use-with-cefsharp
https://github.com/cefsharp/cef-binary
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[amaitland]

CEF no longer provides Visual Studio Solution files as part of the default build downloaded from http://cefbuilds.com/

There is a script to generate them, it requires python. I haven't really look at it in any detail, I just know there's some extra work required than before.

So step 1 is work out how to generate the required sln files.

[avspeed]

I did generate all the necessary sln files ( cef.sln ) and I even have the libcef_dll_wrapper.vcxproj ..
After successfully building I do see among all files : libcef.dll and libcef.dll.lib .. I am just not sure what to do with them .. My guess is that I have to change something in cefsharp to make it recognize the new version of libcef ?

[avspeed]

and.. thanks @jankurianski for the links also

[amaitland]

I did generate all the necessary sln files ( cef.sln ) and I even have the libcef_dll_wrapper.vcxproj

Great 👍 Can you include a brief HOWTO, so we can include that in the cef-binary project, will be very useful for anyone who builds the packages.

CefSharp uses nuget packages provided by cef-binary.

Fork cef-binary then

• Update build version in build.ps1
• Copy the x86 and x64 sources with the newly generated sln files into cef_binary_3.y.z_windows32 and cef_binary_3.y.z_windows64 respectively.
• Run build.ps1, if all goes well it will generate nuget packages in the nuget folder.
• Add local nuget repository to CefSharp solution and then upgrade the nuget package references to your newly created version.

By default it will attempt to generate vs2012 and vs2013 packages, if you don't have both installed then you'll have to comment a line out in build.ps1.

[avspeed]

@amaitland thank you for the instructions. I will follow the steps. I will surely write a HOWTO about building libcef and generating the vs files, I agree that this will be useful. I started building chromium 2 days ago and moved on to cef today. It took such a long time to get the source of these 2 projects and build and I kind of had to scour the net to find some good documentation on how to build, but it finally worked out!
I will try your instructions and will follow up here upon success! Thank you again.

[amaitland]

I started building chromium 2 days ago and moved on to cef today.

You built chromium from source? We just repackage the versions from cefbuilds.com 😄

[amaitland]

@avspeed If you can provide some basic instructions on how to generate the project solution files for the latest cef branch I'll happily build and publish the latest 2272 branch from http://cefbuilds.com/#branch_2272

How does that sound?

[avspeed]

@amaitland that sounds like a plan - Since I ran into many issues while doing it the first time, I am going to redo the whole process from scratch on a clean VM and take some fresh notes. I will catch up with you sometimes tonight. Thanks

[amaitland]

Great 👍 You can edit the wiki and add your info there if you like? Doesn't have to be fancy to start with.

(Anyone with a github account can edit the wiki)

[avspeed]

Hello @amaitland here is a 1st version. It basically goes through the automated git workflow and the last section ( provided the automated got workflow succeeded ) talks about generating the VS 2013 solution and projects. Installing Depot Tools is the critical first step.

https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Building-Cef-from-source

I will expand a bit on that tomorrow, but that is a start.

[amaitland]

First attempt at packaging 3.2272.2035 is available on MyGet. Haven't had a chance to run them as yet.

https://www.myget.org/gallery/cefsharp

[avspeed]

That is great! I will check this out tonight. Thanks

[amaitland]

Looks like they basically work, branch is here https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/tree/cef/2272

[avspeed]

Yup .. Works great on this end too... thanks again.

[amaitland]

No problem. Thanks for adding info to the wiki. I'll include some info about how to repackage a version from cefbuilds.com when I get a chance.

[amaitland]

I've put the basic steps up on the cef-binary wiki.

https://github.com/cefsharp/cef-binary/wiki

Was thinking it might be worth moving your article there as it's in context then. Still keep a link on the main wiki as that's where people are more likely to land.

Feel free to give it a go if your interested.

[avspeed]

Thank you. I have moved my article to the cef-binary wiki.

https://github.com/cefsharp/cef-binary/wiki/Building-Cef-from-source

I think that this thread can be closed now - Have a good day.