EXE file size?

[Ivan_Tellez]

@Brian_Lewis

• How big is its .exe file?
• How many files need to be distributed?

To avoid problems in windows, it is better if you include the runtime DLLs adding a couple Mb and like 50 files to the already "253MB and 78 files.

@Brian_Lewis

Seems Xojo needs to include an option to Build for WebView2 in mind for those who need to use this option.

Xojo decided NOT TO SUPPORT WebView2.

DesktopHTMLViewer can't use Native in 2021r3?

For Windows, the HTMLViewer is now WebKit. There was already functionality that couldn’t really be ported reliably to the native renderer due to that functionality being missing from whatever version of the built-in renderer might be installed on whatever version of Windows a user might have. This was a change to improve consistency.

Advocating for WebView2 on Windows

I’m not sure what you mean by this, our WebKit based HTMLViewer is supported on Windows 7. Whatever issues it may have should be reported, but I suspect most of what you are seeing has already been addressed (only because it sounds old and familiar). WebView2 introduces their own runtime so unless users have Edge installed you’d have to provide a way to download it with your installer (all trade-offs of course, and this does not imply we’ll never add support for WebView2, just pointing out th…

Maybe in a few years they change their mind