How to build CefSharp with custom build cef

[SpikedPaladin]

I build cef with that commands

set GN_DEFINES=symbol_level=1 is_official_build=true use_thin_lto=false proprietary_codecs=true ffmpeg_branding=Chrome enable_widevine=true
set GN_ARGUMENTS=--ide=vs2022 --sln=cef --filters=//cef/*

python3 automate-git.py --download-dir=c:\code\chromium_git --depot-tools-dir=c:\code\depot_tools --x64-build --with-pgo-profiles

Then i build cef-binary for x64 only using vs2022 and then added NuGet folder in it to VS nuget source.
After that i opened CefSharp in VS used build.ps1 and after that i used UpdateNugetPackages.ps1. It is finished without any errors. So i used build.ps1 once again and received that error.

"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.Example\CefSharp.Example.csproj.metaproj" (Rebuild target) (2) ->
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.csproj.metaproj" (Rebuild target) (3) ->
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core.vcxproj" (Rebuild target) (4) ->
(Link target) ->
  LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libcef.lib' [C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core\CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core.vcxproj]
 
 
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp3.sln" (rebuild target) (1) ->
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.Wpf.Example\CefSharp.Wpf.Example.csproj.metaproj" (Rebuild target) (6) ->
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.Wpf\CefSharp.Wpf.csproj.metaproj" (Rebuild target) (7) ->
"C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.Core.Runtime\CefSharp.Core.Runtime.vcxproj" (Rebuild target) (8) ->
  LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libcef.lib' [C:\code\CefSharp-master\CefSharp.Core.Runtime\CefSharp.Core.Runtime.vcxproj]

I found strange that it tries to lookup for libcef.lib but not libcef.dll.

Any fixes for that?

[amaitland]

When building CEF, use the instructions from https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/AutomatedBuildSetup.md#markdown-header-windows-configuration as a base. Looks like some of your build args are for a development build, not a release one.

I don't know what arguments you used for any of the powershell scripts, so it's not really possibly to provide any guidance past that.

I found strange that it tries to lookup for libcef.lib but not libcef.dll.

It's a mixed mode CLI/C++ library, linking a .lib file is expected.

[SpikedPaladin]

I used cef-binary script arguments from wiki and build error solved, at least for release build, but now when i updated nugets in WpfExample i can't run it because it exits with code 2147483651 (0x80000003). Also i tried to just replace all cef dlls in release folder, same result

[amaitland]

You should test with the CEF Sample application (cefclient) to confirm that your build actually works.