Microsoft Edge WebView2 Support

Oracle Smart View for Office uses the Microsoft Internet Explorer module to display the authentication page. But certain authentication schemes may require newer controls, such as WebView2, to process a complex login sequence. To use WebView2, Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime should be installed and enabled on each Smart View client machine.

Starting with the 21.100 release, Smart View supports WebView2. During runtime, Smart View detects the presence of Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed on the machine and launches the WebView2-based dialog to host the login page.

Once WebView2 is installed on Smart View client machines, users can enable it in the Smart View Options section of Health Check (described in Performing a Health Check On Your System in the Oracle Smart View for Office User's Guide ). WebView2 can also be enabled by editing the Smart View properties.xml file (by default in C:\Oracle\SmartView\cfg).

Administrators: If WebView2 is required to handle the login sequence used by your organization, then you should ensure that Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime is installed and enabled on the machines running Smart View. If you are installing Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, Oracle recommends using the Evergreen version. Only WebView2 versions 86.0.616.0 and later are supported.

Once installed, Microsoft distributes WebView2 updates on a regular cadence, unless a fixed version was installed. Administrators can use their own internal procedures to download and distribute Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime to Smart View users. The download is here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/webview2-install#webview2-runtime-installation

For more information, see the WebView2 documentation.