Edge Webview2 Environment

[UncleWael 1]

Hello All,
 

I'm trying to use TEdgebrowser (or FMX TWebbrowser with EdgeOnly WindowsEngine), and it keeps failing to initilize Edge Engine ! I've downloaded EdgeView2 SDK from GetIt manager , set BrowserExecutableFolder to the path of msedgewebview2.exe , and have WebView2Loader.dll either in path or in application deploy folder. I only get error messages either "Failed to initialize the Edge loader" or "Failed to initialize Edge: the request is not supported" !

Has anyone properly configured a working Edge webview2 environment before ?

My setup : Windows 11 , Embarcadero Delphi 12.1, EdgeView2 SDK 1.0.2739.1, EdgeCore 131.0.2903.112

The test is performed using the sample at \Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\Samples\Object Pascal\VCL\WebBrowser\Edge

Regards.

[Olli73 6]

Is 32 / 64 bit matching between your app and webview?

 

[UncleWael 1]

yes .

[PeaShooter_OMO 11]

15 hours ago, UncleWael said:

Has anyone properly configured a working Edge webview2 environment before ?

Yes.

 

I do not set BrowserExecutableFolder at all and I make sure WebView2Loader.dll is located in the same folder as my project executable.

 

I use Delphi 11

 

As a side note; above the BrowserExecutableFolder property declaration in the Vcl.Edge source it says "If the path contains \Edge\Application\ then the WebView2 creation will fail".

Edited Wednesday at 06:41 AM by PeaShooter_OMO

[Der schöne Günther 316]

15 hours ago, UncleWael said:

EdgeView2 SDK 1.0.2739.1, EdgeCore 131.0.2903.112

I don't know what this is exactly, but you will need the WebView2 runtime from here:

https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/webview2/

 

[Brandon Staggs 295]

It does work. I can't suggest what is wrong with your configuration, but you can definitely expect it to work -- we have it in production for a few years now with no issues.

[UncleWael 1]

18 hours ago, PeaShooter_OMO said:

Yes.

 

I do not set BrowserExecutableFolder at all and I make sure WebView2Loader.dll is located in the same folder as my project executable.

 

I use Delphi 11

 

As a side note; above the BrowserExecutableFolder property declaration in the Vcl.Edge source it says "If the path contains \Edge\Application\ then the WebView2 creation will fail".

Ok,

I've cleared unnecessary properties like  BrowserExecutableFolder  and userdatafolder. after your comment i figured out that BrowserExecutableFolder  affects only the fixed distribution deployment . so , i cleared it . but still no effect : the Edge loader is failed to initialize . Sometimes the error is "WebView2Loader External Exception c06d007f"

[UncleWael 1]

17 hours ago, Der schöne Günther said:

I don't know what this is exactly, but you will need the WebView2 runtime from here:

https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/webview2/

 

Yes ofcourse. It is installed as I mentioned above.

 

17 hours ago, Der schöne Günther said:

I don't know what this is exactly, but you will need the WebView2 runtime from here:

https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/webview2/

 

 

[PeaShooter_OMO 11]

Attached you wll find a sample project that works for me. It is a 32bit project.

 

My Dev machine is Windows 10 with Delphi 11. I have a Windows 7 (64bit OS) machine around. It did not have Edge or the WebView2 Runtime installed on it and WebView2Loader.dll did not exist on it.

 

I installed the runtime (32bit version) on the Win7 machine using what I downloaded from https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=webview2 Runtime version 109

Windows 7 is only supported by Runtime 109 and older.

 

For instructions on how to get the Runtime installed from the update catalog file:
 

Quote

 

  extract .exe file to a folder using 7zip

  ..

  if x64 then find MicrosoftEdge_X64_109.0.1518.140.exe.{0D50BFEC-CD6A-4F9A-964C-C7416E3ACB10} file and rename it to MicrosoftEdge_X64_109.0.1518.140.exe then run command line MicrosoftEdge_X64_109.0.1518.140.exe --msedgewebview --system-level
  ..
  same for x86
  find MicrosoftEdge_X86_109.0.1518.140.exe.{0D50BFEC-CD6A-4F9A-964C-C7416E3ACB10} file and rename it to MicrosoftEdge_X86_109.0.1518.140.exe then run command line MicrosoftEdge_X86_109.0.1518.140.exe --msedgewebview --system-level

 

 

After the installation the WebView2Loader.dll still did not exist on the machine.

 

I copied the WebView2Loader.dll I found in my Delphi installation under c:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Redist\win32\ to the executable folder and copied the EXE and DLL to the Win7 machine. It works there as well as on my Win10 machine.

 

The runtime is important as it does not work without it.

 

EdgeBrowserSample.zip

Edited yesterday at 06:48 AM by PeaShooter_OMO

[UncleWael 1]

Thank you all .

I've found the issue and it was in the installation of the webview2 runtime , not in Delphi. Now all is working as it should be.

[PeaShooter_OMO 11]

15 hours ago, UncleWael said:

it was in the installation of the webview2 runtime

Can you elaborate?