Release Notification - 100.0.x

[amaitland]

There are a number of minor breaking changes in this release as the Plugin related APIs have been removed upstream (plugin support was actually removed quite some time ago).

Release 100.0.x-pre

• [x] Create cefsharp/100 release branch
• [x] Update DevTools client API
• [x] Update to latest CEF build
• [x] Create release notes
• [x] Release -pre packages to nuget.org

Release 100.0.x

• [x] Resolve remaining issues attached to 100 Milestone
• [x] Create release notes
• [x] Release stable packages to nuget.org
• [x] Update Issue Template CEF Sample application links
• [x] Generate new API Doc and upload to http://cefsharp.github.io/api/
• [x] Update General Usage API doc links

In this release the stack size for x64/arm64 builds has been increased to 8mb to match Chromium see #3986

[amaitland]

This is the first triple digit major version release, for those that aren't aware there are potential issues with websites not correctly parsing the version number.

• https://developer.chrome.com/blog/force-major-version-to-100/
• https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22938721/chrome-firefox-edge-version-100-websites-bug-compatibility-issues-mozilla-google-microsoft
• https://is-chrome-100-yet.glitch.me/

You can of course change the UserAgent to rollback to version 99 if you experience problems.

[amaitland]

The 100.0.120-pre release packages have been pushed to Nuget.org

All packages require Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 or greater.

For the .Net 4.5.2 and above

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms/100.0.120-pre
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf/100.0.120-pre
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen/100.0.120-pre

For .Net Core 3.1/.Net 5.0+

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms.NETCore/100.0.120-pre
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.NETCore/100.0.120-pre
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore/100.0.120-pre

NOTE A minimum of .Net Core 3.1 is required.

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• The CefSharp.MinimalExample/tree/cefsharp/100 branch has been created for testing purposes.
• For .Net Core/5/6 the Ijwhost.dll file is required, see below for details

Ijwhost.dll To support C++/CLI libraries in .NET Core, ijwhost was created as a shim for finding and loading the runtime. All C++/CLI libraries are linked to this shim, such that ijwhost.dll is found/loaded when the C++/CLI library is loaded.

[amaitland]

The 100.0.140 release packages were pushed to Nuget.org a few days ago.

All packages require Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 or greater.

For the .Net 4.5.2 and above

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms/100.0.140
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf/100.0.140
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen/100.0.140

For .Net Core 3.1/.Net 5.0+

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms.NETCore/100.0.140
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.NETCore/100.0.140
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore/100.0.140

NOTE A minimum of .Net Core 3.1 is required.

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• The CefSharp.MinimalExample/tree/cefsharp/100 branch has been updated for testing purposes.
• For .Net Core/5/6 the Ijwhost.dll file is required, see below for details

Ijwhost.dll To support C++/CLI libraries in .NET Core, ijwhost was created as a shim for finding and loading the runtime. All C++/CLI libraries are linked to this shim, such that ijwhost.dll is found/loaded when the C++/CLI library is loaded.

[amaitland]

The 100.0.230 release packages were pushed to Nuget.org about a week ago. This will likely be the last M100 release as Chrome M101 is expected to ship within the next week.

All packages require Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 or greater.

For the .Net 4.5.2 and above

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms/100.0.230
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf/100.0.230
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen/100.0.230

For .Net Core 3.1/.Net 5.0+

• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms.NETCore/100.0.230
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.NETCore/100.0.230
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore/100.0.230

NOTE A minimum of .Net Core 3.1 is required.

---

• The CefSharp.MinimalExample/tree/cefsharp/100 branch has been updated for testing purposes.
• For .Net Core/5/6 the Ijwhost.dll file is required, see below for details

Ijwhost.dll To support C++/CLI libraries in .NET Core, ijwhost was created as a shim for finding and loading the runtime. All C++/CLI libraries are linked to this shim, such that ijwhost.dll is found/loaded when the C++/CLI library is loaded.