How to use Chromium Embedded Framework with Visual Studio 2017 (C++)?

Question

I would like to use CEF with VS 2017 using C++ (not C#, so CEFSharp won't work here). I can't quite understand how to do this. From what I have read, it seems like I need to build the source into a .sln file and then modify the existing code, however their site also says there are binaries available to download, which is confusing me.

How do I program in C++ using CEF and VS 2017?

Answer 1

1. Download CEF3 binaries, and extract archive to folder
2. Download and install CMake
3. Open CMake, and set:
   • Where is the source code: folder
   • Where to build the binaries: folder/build
4. Press Configure
5. Press Generate
6. Open solution in folder/build/cef.sln
7. Build Debug/Release
8. Reference in your project folder/build/libcef_dll_wrapper/[Debug|Release]/libcef_dll_wrapper.lib
9. Copy files to your bin folder:
   • folder/[Debug|Release]
   • folder/Resources