winrt.microsoft.web.webview2.dll module¶

Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll, the component the WebView2 projection needs, redistributed in the winrt-Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Dll package, one wheel per architecture. It comes from the same release of the Microsoft.Web.WebView2 NuGet package as the WebView2 projection packages.

Importing the module puts the directory the .dll is in on the DLL search path, which is how WinRT finds it. winrt-Microsoft.Web.WebView2 depends on this package and imports it, so an application only imports it itself to call load(). WebView2 says when that is needed.

DLL_NAME¶

DLL_NAME: str

The file name of the .dll, "Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll".

get_dll_path¶

get_dll_path() -> str

Returns: The full path of the .dll in the package.

load¶

load() -> None

Loads the .dll into the process and keeps it loaded. Calling it again does nothing.

Being on the DLL search path is enough for WinRT, but code that loads the .dll by name with LoadLibraryW does not search that path, and finds the .dll only once it is loaded. The WinUI WebView2 control of Windows App SDK 2.x is such code.

Raises: OSError if the .dll cannot be loaded.