Distributing your application

System Requirements

OrdoWebView2 component requires one of the following Windows® versions:

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11

The OrdoWebView2 supports the following development environments :

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
TwinBasic (build configuration Win32)

Furthermore, OrdoWebView2 can almost certainly be used with other development platforms that support ActiveX controls. However, none have been tested besides the two listed above.

Distributing your Applications

There are 2 ways to include the OrdoWebView2 component in your application's installer :

1. Manually Including the Necessary Files

OrdoWebView2.ocx (preferably in the System32 or SysWOW64 folder). This component must be registered with regsvr32.exe.

The OrdoRC6 folder and its contents, which must be installed alongside OrdoWebView2.ocx.

You must ensure that an Evergreen or Fixed version of the WebView2 control is present on the machine (e.g., executing 'MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe /silent /install' silently installs the Evergreen version if necessary - see the Microsoft WebView2 page...).

2. Using One of the Redistributable Installation Files Supplied with the OrdoWebView2 Component

OrdoWebView2ControlRedistribuable.exe installs the OrdoWebView2 component and a Fixed version of WebView2.

OrdoWebView2ControlRedistribuable.Minimal.exe installs the OrdoWebView2 component and ensures the Evergreen version of WebView2 is present. (The advantage of this type of installation is the small size of the file to include in your installer)
With this installation, it is not possible to use the Fixed version of WebView2 by setting UseEdgeFixedVersion=true without entering a path in EdgeFixedPath. After displaying an error message, the component will automatically switch to the Evergreen version upon initialization.

These two executables can be launched with the /verysilent parameter for a completely silent installation.