Delete cookies and cache without destroying TChromium

[thefunkyjoint]

Hi,

I need to delete the cookies (and the cache) without destroying already created TChromium components. To delete the cookies i manually delete the files inside the GlobalCEFApp.Cookies folder.

Problem is i can't do it in runtime because Windows will say the files are in use. To delete it, i need to close my app, go to the folder manually , delete the files and then open my app again.

Is there another to delete the files without closing my app ?

Thanks

[thefunkyjoint]

Just another info : even if i destroy TChromium, for some reason some files on Cookies dir keep locked ; the only way to delete them is closing the app.

[salvadordf]

Hi,

I need to delete the cookies (and the cache) without destroying already created TChromium components. To delete the cookies i manually delete the files inside the GlobalCEFApp.Cookies folder.

Problem is i can't do it in runtime because Windows will say the files are in use. To delete it, i need to close my app, go to the folder manually , delete the files and then open my app again.

Is there another to delete the files without closing my app ?

Thanks

You can delete the cookies with TChromium.DeleteCookies even if your app is running but as far as I know, there's no CEF3 function to clear the cache at run time.

There are some workarounds with similar effects :

• Use TChromium.ReloadIgnoreCache to reload the web page ignoring the cache.
• Create a new TChromium with a new Request Context that uses a different cache directory. Take a look at the TChildForm.FormShow procedure in the MDIBrowser demo.

[salvadordf]

Just another info : even if i destroy TChromium, for some reason some files on Cookies dir keep locked ; the only way to delete them is closing the app.

That's how CEF3 works. You can't delete those files before you destroy GlobalCEFApp.

[thefunkyjoint]

Hi,

I need to delete the cookies (and the cache) without destroying already created TChromium components. To delete the cookies i manually delete the files inside the GlobalCEFApp.Cookies folder.

Problem is i can't do it in runtime because Windows will say the files are in use. To delete it, i need to close my app, go to the folder manually , delete the files and then open my app again.

Is there another to delete the files without closing my app ?

Thanks

You can delete the cookies with TChromium.DeleteCookies even if your app is running but as far as I know, there's no CEF3 function to clear the cache at run time.

There are some workarounds with similar effects :

• Use TChromium.ReloadIgnoreCache to reload the web page ignoring the cache.
• Create a new TChromium with a new Request Context that uses a different cache directory. Take a look at the TChildForm.FormShow procedure in the MDIBrowser demo.

Hi Salvador,

Thanks for the answer. I could not find a 'DeleteCookies' method in TChromium... is it a new method for the recent versions ? I'm still on a couple of commits behind the most recent.

[salvadordf]

I could not find a 'DeleteCookies' method in TChromium... is it a new method for the recent versions ? I'm still on a couple of commits behind the most recent.

DeleteCookies was available in the first public release of CEF4Delphi almost a year ago.

[thefunkyjoint]

I found the function, called it but somehow when i close the app and open again, i'm still logged in the site , so the cookies were not deleted...

[salvadordf]

Please, download CEF4Delphi again and try the new TChromium.DeleteCookies function.

Now it uses the right cookie manager in case you created a custom request context in your browsers.

https://www.briskbard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=251