cefsharp/CefSharp v65.0.0

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July 13, 2018, CEF 3.3325.1758.g9aea513 / Chromium 65.0.3325.181

Visual C++ 2015 is now required, see Breaking Changes below for more information

• #1332 wpf drag always copy [@amaitland]
• #1778 Zooming Reset Problem [@amaitland]
• #1983 Feature Request - Upgrade to VS2015(VC++ 2015) [@amaitland]
• #2237 Feature Request - Refactoring of OSR rendering to allow for pluggable implementation
• #2244 Support uncaught exception handling [@joaompneves]
• #2258 WPF Improve Scrollbar Usability [@amaitland]
• #2264 Background doesn't Transparent after Close OffScreen Browser DevTools. [@lalafellsleep]
• #2267 Feature Request - Add IRequestHandler.CanGetCookies/CanSetCookies enhancement [@amaitland]
• #2293 Remove Geolocation API [@amaitland]
• #2307 Some events not set to null in Dispose [@bddckr]
• #2308 AccessViolationException while taking a screenshot [@amaitland]
• #2339 EvaluateScriptAsync (IWebBrowser, String,Object[]) incorrectly handles json string argument [@hunkydoryrepair]
• #2364 FolderSchemeHandlerFactory handle URL encoded paths correctly [@JamesCoyle]
• #2359 CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe left running after parent process exit [@joaompneves]
• #2387 OnPopupSize - fix incorrect ordering of Rect params [@nicholas-str]
• #2390 JS binding causes memory leak in 65+ [@amaitland]
• #2392 Failure to serialize List to V8 object [@marchello2000]
• #2414 WPF ChromiumWebBrowser is not garbage collected after Dispose(); [@henrihs]
• #2422 WPF OnMouseWheel scrolls parent ScrollViewer [@amaitland]
• #2445 Null Pointer exception in JavascriptAsyncMethodHandler::Execute when refresh from DevTools[@Michael-Tajmajer-Emrsn]
• #2449 Bug fix: handle type=crashpad-handler [@perlun]
• #2451 Update IFrame.LoadRequest xml doc [@amaitland]

Notes

• Chromium has removed support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
  https://chrome.googleblog.com/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-support.html
• MP3 audio is now supported by default.
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info.
• CEF has switched from using breakpad to crashpad for error reporting see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/CrashReporting.md for details, make sure you set ExternalHandler=CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project now uses GitLink for better debugging, see #1680
• The chrome_elf.dll is now required, it's used for crashpad (crash reporting).
• Javascript Binding now has basic support for dynamic keyword (using ExpandoObject)
• Added IRequestHandler.CanGetCookies/CanSetCookies
• SharedBufferArray should be disabled in this release, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer and https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2360/sharedarraybuffer-enabled-so-cef-3112-3282
• The samples included in the project source have now been upgraded to .Net 4.6.2, the core project will remain as .Net 4.5.2 for the time being.
• CefSharpSettings.SubprocessExitIfParentProcessClosed has been added to monitor and terminate subprocesses if the parent process exits, see #2359 for details (default to false currently)

Known Issues

• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• Registered JavaScript objects get lost when navigating to another domain (#1203), see #2247 for details on the new implementation.
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues
• WPF/Offscreen rendering stops redrawing on resize see upstream issue https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2370/cefrenderhandler-onpaint-stops-receiving
• WPF/OffScreen Mouse wheel becomes unresponsive after reload, see #2408 for the workaround (hopefully in CEF shortly).

Breaking Changes

• CefSharp requires Visual C++ 2015 starting with this release. See #1983 for details. You can bin deploy the VC++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more.
• The WPF/OffScreen implementation of OffScreen Rendering(OSR) as been completely reworked to make it more pluggable, see #2237 for details.
• Some enums have been moved into the CefSharp.Enums namespace
• Some structs have been moved into the CefSharp.Structs namespace
• Added IRequestHandler.CanGetCookies/CanSetCookies
• The Geolocation API has been removed upstream, see #2293
• IJavascriptObjectRepository.ObjectBoundInJavascript event args have changed from EventHandler<JavascriptBindingEventArgs> to EventHandler<JavascriptBindingCompleteEventArgs>