libcef without windows environment ?

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libcef without windows environment ?

Postby xhiksi » Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:37 pm

Hello


I am more than a beginner to CEF,.
I was able to build samples and tests with vc++2019, and tests run correctly, briefly I have a working environment.

My purpose is to configure some CPE modems programmatically, can do it with libcef ?
if yes, Can libcef be used without rendering and windows environment, in a console application ?
if yes again, how can I browse through modem configuration pages programmatically, filling texts and clicking buttons ?
Libcef seems very huge, need an expert guide

thanks
in advance
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Re: libcef without windows environment ?

Postby HarmlessDave » Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:42 pm

libcef includes the Chromium libraries needed to render HTML pages, run JavaScript, etc.

If you need something more lightweight and don't need the latest HTML5 and JavaScript features, you might use the IE libraries built into Windows, MSHTML - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previo ... 68(v=vs.85)

Or PowerShell's version of cURL - https://superuser.com/questions/299754/ ... get%2Fcurl.

Or this - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/271 ... ws-console
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Re: libcef without windows environment ?

Postby amaitland » Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:18 pm

Headless Chrome with Puppeteer (or one of the language specific Puppeteer wrappers) is probably better suited if all you want is some basic offscreen automation.
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