Unable to load DLL 'libwkhtmltox' or one of its dependencies

[Schecher1]

Hey,
I was looking for a HTML => PNG converter for C# and was very happy when I saw this. Everything looks good except when I get to the "imageConverter.Convert(new ImageSettings()" it throws an exception "System.DllNotFoundException".

[imaxs]

Hello,
This is a fairly common issue.

Windows reference - libwkhtmltox.dll
OSX reference - libwkhtmltox.dylib
Linux reference - libwkhtmltox.os

Add it to your project reference by custom Assembly reference & register in your startup project.

[Schecher1]

Hello,

yes actually i thought about that and tested it out, but i get a VS Error (that's german and in english it says) "The reference is invalid or not supported".

I use VS2022, NET6 and as console.

I have tested the 32bit and the 64bit version

The files were in "HTMLconvert/HTMLconvert/Lib/".

any suggestions?

greetings

[imaxs]

The files were in "HTMLconvert/HTMLconvert/Lib/".
any suggestions?

Please make sure that the wkhtmltopdf dependencies are enabled correctly.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13791196/using-wkhtmltopdf-on-windows

[Schecher1]

ur link is broken :D

[imaxs]

ur link is broken :D

Hmm.. Must be some kind of github bug.

Here is the link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13791196/using-wkhtmltopdf-on-windows

Have you tried setting libwkhtmltox library dependencies manually?

https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html

[Schecher1]

No, I just downloaded the file and added it under "Add project reference". Or what ur mean 😅

[imaxs]

No, I just downloaded the file and added it under "Add project reference". Or what ur mean 😅

Ah, so you need to install wkhtmltopdf first

[Schecher1]

oh where?

[Schecher1]

oh i have thought all the time that i only have to import the dll... oops

[Schecher1]

I can only find links for linux, but I would also like to debug it on windows etc.

[imaxs]

oh i have thought all the time that i only have to import the dll... oops

you are right
But the wrapper for wkhtmltopdf doesn't see the dll. In this case it should be specified directly by changing the code.

I can only find links for linux, but I would also like to debug it on windows etc.

Unfortunately I didn't check the correct execution for Windows.
Perhaps one of these days I will release an update that will make the wrapper work correctly on Windows.

[Schecher1]

that means it would work under linux? hm too bad, i don't really feel like developing on linux now. But Thanks, i´ll wait for the Windows Version