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Include libcef.dll etc. when publishing #380

Closed teremy closed 2 years ago

teremy commented 2 years ago

Hi. I just downloaded the ChromelySamples and I want to publish the Chromely.CrossPlat-Application. In the output directory the libcef.dll etc. file is missing and the application won't start. The application will actually download libcef etc. in the background but I'd like to include it (=have it shipped with) in the application, because the downloading in background is very user unfriendly (for the user the application just looks like it didn't start in a reasonable amount of time) and it's possible that the download won't work. The files are included in the build folders but not in the publish folder.

How can I make this work in an easy and idiomatic way?

mattkol commented 2 years ago

@teremy please note that publishing/packing is not supported, please see other issues where this has been discussed to see if you can find some hints: https://github.com/chromelyapps/Chromely/search?p=2&q=publish&type=issues https://github.com/chromelyapps/Chromely/search?q=install&type=issues

teremy commented 2 years ago

Thanks for your answer. I was already looking at WiX and tested Squirrel before. I just like the single executable option when using the publish feature, because it gives a more clear output instead of a great many files.