GemBox WPF dependency does not work on App Service Azure deployment

Question

I developed a test .NET Core Web App to which I added the .doc to .pdf conversion tool GemBox.

Their documentation for Azure deployment combined with .NET Core is limited to non-existing and their support guys could not help me with a clear solution either.

The error I get:

HTTP Error 500.31 - ANCM Failed to Find Native Dependencies Common solutions to this issue: The specified version of Microsoft.NetCore.App or Microsoft.AspNetCore.App was not found.

I tracked down the problem to the following issue: GemBox.Document for .NET Core 3.0 uses WPF. Is it possible that App Service added a limited support for WPF?

Thanks, Lorena

Answer 1

The latest released version of GemBox.Document have cross-platform support for saving to PDF which doesn't have a WPF dependency, see the release post or the ASP.NET Core example.

So, you can now use GemBox.Document on Azure services, such as App Service, Azure Functions, etc. without any issue.