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Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Binary Distribution
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Date:             $DATE$

CEF Version:      $CEF_VER$
CEF URL:          $CEF_URL$@$CEF_REV$

Chromium Verison: $CHROMIUM_VER$
Chromium URL:     $CHROMIUM_URL$@$CHROMIUM_REV$


This distribution contains all components necessary to build and distribute an
application using CEF. Please see the LICENSING section of this document for
licensing terms and conditions.


CONTENTS
--------

cefclient   Contains the cefclient sample application configured to build
            using the files in this distribution.

Debug       Contains libcef.dll and other components required to run the debug
            version of CEF-based applications. Also acts as the build target for
            the Debug build of cefclient.

docs        Contains C++ API documentation generated from the CEF header files.

include     Contains all required CEF header files.

lib         Contains Debug and Release versions of the libcef.lib library file
            that all CEF-based applications must link against.

libcef_dll  Contains the source code for the libcef_dll_wrapper static library
            that all applications using the CEF C++ API must link against.

Release     Contains libcef.dll and other components required to run the release
            version of CEF-based applications. Also acts as the build target for
            the Release build of cefclient.


USAGE
-----

Visual Studio 2010: Open the cefclient2010.sln solution and build.
Visual Studio 2008: Open the cefclient2008.sln solution and build.
  * If using VS2008 Express Edition add atlthunk.lib to the cefclient
    Configuration Properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies
Visual Studio 2005: Open the cefclient2005.sln solution and build.

Please visit the CEF Website for additional usage information.

http://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded


REDISTRIBUTION
--------------

This binary distribution contains the below components. Components listed under
the "required" section must be redistributed with all applications using CEF.
Components listed under the "optional" section may be excluded if the related
features will not be used.

Required components:

* CEF core library
    libcef.dll

* Unicode support
    icudt.dll

Optional components:

* Localized resources
    locales/
  Note: Contains localized strings for WebKit UI controls. A .pak file is loaded
  from this folder based on the CefSettings.locale value. Only configured
  locales need to be distributed. If no locale is configured the default locale
  of "en-US" will be used. Locale file loading can be disabled completely using
  CefSettings.pack_loading_disabled. The locales folder path can be customized
  using CefSettings.locales_dir_path.

* Other resources
    cef.pak
    devtools_resources.pak
  Note: Contains WebKit image and inspector resources. Pack file loading can be
  disabled completely using CefSettings.pack_loading_disabled. The resources
  directory path can be customized using CefSettings.resources_dir_path.

* FFmpeg audio and video support
    avcodec-54.dll
    avformat-54.dll
    avutil-51.dll
  Note: Without these components HTML5 audio and video will not function.

* Angle and Direct3D support
    d3dcompiler_43.dll
    d3dx9_43.dll
    libEGL.dll
    libGLESv2.dll
  Note: Without these components HTML5 accelerated content like 2D canvas, 3D
  CSS and WebGL will not function.


LICENSING
---------

The CEF project is BSD licensed. Please read the LICENSE.txt file included with
this binary distribution for licensing terms and conditions. Other software
included in this distribution is provided under other licenses. Please visit the
below link for complete Chromium and third-party licensing information.

http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html