Error's trying to call C# .NET 5.0 "Self-Contained" "Single-File" DLL on Windows without any .NET Frameworks Installed

harlankoehn commented 2 years ago

We were hoping to distribute our Electron app along with our .NET DLL and without any requirements to install any .NET Frameworks. So far, I haven't been able to achieve this.

As a test, I've written a small desktop app that utilizes this exact same DLL file, published it, and ran it on a clean Win10 VM that doesn't have any .NET frameworks installed. It runs without any problems.

When I take the DLL, copy over the same supporting DLL files needed by the desktop app, and also include a [projectname].deps.json file, and then run the Electron app, I get this error message:

With: process.env.EDGE_USE_CORECLR = 1 Unhandled Exception Error: This is not a published, standalone application and we are unable to locate the .NET Core SDK. Please make sure that it is installed; see http://microsoft.com/net/core for more details. at process.func [as dlopen] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)

Without any process.env.EDGE_USE_CORECLR statement

We get this: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Object' from assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' because the parent does not exist.

Or this: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Our DLL project file looks like this:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
    <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="EdgeJs" Version="11.15.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime" Version="4.3.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices" Version="4.3.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks" Version="4.3.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.ThreadPool" Version="4.3.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

I've attached a screenshot of our DLL publish settings. This just produces a NUPKG file that when expanded, doesn't include any of the supporting DLL's needed.

Just to reiterate, how can we call functions in a .NET 5.0 or 6.0 DLL without having to install any .NET framework on the target machine? Would we have better luck if we targeted .NET 4.6 or some older version of .NET Core? Is this a problem in Edge or a problem with .NET Core? Also, do we need to target "Any CPU", "Win-x86" or "Win-x64"? We currently only need our Electron app to work on Windows but we intend to support both 32bit and 64bit versions.

DLL_Publish_Settings

tjcouch-sil commented 1 year ago

Hello @harlankoehn and @agracio ! By any chance, did you find a solution to this issue? I am experiencing the same issue only after packaging. I am running electron-builder, and everything works in developer builds. I have the C# published project folder set in extraResources. I'm on .NET 6.0, but netcoreapp3.1 also does not seem to work. I have followed the standalone instructions in edge.js's readme regarding adding the PackageReferences and PropertyGroup item. I'm dotnet publishing with runtime win-x64 and self-contained. The environment variables are the following:

EDGE_USE_CORECLR: 1
EDGE_APP_ROOT: C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\resources\c-sharp\bin\Release\net6.0\publish\win-x64 (Correct, and the C# published project is at this location)
EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_DIR: C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-edge-js\lib\bootstrap\obj\Release\netcoreapp1.1 (without setting this, it is undefined in production. So I set it, but it doesn't seem to do anything)

And I receive the following error no matter what I do in playing with various publishing or packaging settings:

Error invoking remote method 'electronAPI.edge.invoke': System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Object' from assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' because the parent does not exist.

Following is a printout of the files in the EDGE_APP_ROOT folder (the C# project I'm using is EdgeLibrary.csproj):

EDGE_APP_ROOT file list

``` Directory: C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\resources\c-sharp\bin\Release\net6. 0\publish\win-x64 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 cs d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 de d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 es d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 fr d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 it d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 ja d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 ko d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 pl d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 pt-BR d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 refs d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 ru d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 tr d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 zh-Hans d----- 1/26/2023 14:17 zh-Hant -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20952 api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 25048 api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20960 api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 25056 api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 29144 api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 29136 api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 74192 api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 25040 api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 25040 api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 25040 api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 20944 api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:37 152576 apphost.exe -a---- 11/30/2022 15:30 304808 clretwrc.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:24 1436328 clrjit.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:38 190976 comhost.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:32 5125800 coreclr.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:33 2552 coreclr_delegates.h -a---- 11/30/2022 15:29 57584 createdump.exe -a---- 11/30/2022 15:30 140456 dbgshim.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:37 184968 dotnet.exe -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 99840 EdgeJs.dll -a---- 1/24/2023 09:45 17460 EdgeJs.pdb -a---- 1/26/2023 14:12 167712 EdgeLibrary.deps.json -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 19456 EdgeLibrary.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:37 184968 EdgeLibrary.exe -a---- 1/26/2023 14:01 12352 EdgeLibrary.pdb -a---- 12/6/2022 13:36 382080 hostfxr.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:33 11978 hostfxr.h -a---- 12/6/2022 13:37 391816 hostpolicy.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:01 851456 Humanizer.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:38 154752 ijwhost.dll -a---- 12/6/2022 13:38 1716 ijwhost.lib -a---- 12/6/2022 13:36 24437726 libhostfxr.lib -a---- 12/6/2022 13:37 2145966 libnethost.lib -a---- 10/22/2021 18:47 16000 Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:01 17760256 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:01 2442752 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:01 7549440 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 14079488 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 2288640 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Workspaces.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 9745920 Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:14 1042560 Microsoft.CSharp.dll -a---- 12/16/2020 17:57 1813896 Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 25088 Microsoft.DotNet.InternalAbstractions.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 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System.Collections.Concurrent.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 264832 System.Collections.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 666240 System.Collections.Immutable.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 100992 System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 95400 System.Collections.Specialized.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 187048 System.ComponentModel.Annotations.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17576 System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 18600 System.ComponentModel.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 38528 System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 75392 System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:15 744616 System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 13824 System.Composition.AttributedModel.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 104960 System.Composition.Convention.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 105984 System.Composition.Hosting.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 30720 System.Composition.Runtime.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 122880 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-a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 50816 System.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 21136 System.Drawing.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 130176 System.Drawing.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 197248 System.Formats.Asn1.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Globalization.Calendars.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Globalization.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15504 System.Globalization.Extensions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 72832 System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 266880 System.IO.Compression.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16008 System.IO.Compression.FileSystem.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 822912 System.IO.Compression.Native.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 39552 System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16016 System.IO.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 93824 System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 24200 System.IO.FileSystem.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 42624 System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15496 System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 72320 System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 83584 System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 69248 System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 14:02 179712 System.IO.Pipelines.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 136320 System.IO.Pipes.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15488 System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 538240 System.Linq.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 3857024 System.Linq.Expressions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:16 849024 System.Linq.Parallel.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 228480 System.Linq.Queryable.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 173696 System.Memory.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 18064 System.Net.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 1803392 System.Net.Http.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 82048 System.Net.Http.Json.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 639104 System.Net.HttpListener.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 551552 System.Net.Mail.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 100992 System.Net.NameResolution.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 150656 System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 78976 System.Net.Ping.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 214144 System.Net.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 291968 System.Net.Quic.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 348800 System.Net.Requests.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 682112 System.Net.Security.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 36992 System.Net.ServicePoint.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 506496 System.Net.Sockets.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 166528 System.Net.WebClient.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:17 60544 System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 31872 System.Net.WebProxy.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 75904 System.Net.WebSockets.Client.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 181888 System.Net.WebSockets.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16016 System.Numerics.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Numerics.Vectors.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 91264 System.ObjectModel.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:36 10630272 System.Private.CoreLib.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 2076288 System.Private.DataContractSerialization.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 252544 System.Private.Uri.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 8505472 System.Private.Xml.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 405120 System.Private.Xml.Linq.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 66176 System.Reflection.DispatchProxy.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16512 System.Reflection.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Reflection.Emit.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15496 System.Reflection.Extensions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 1130624 System.Reflection.Metadata.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Reflection.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 33408 System.Reflection.TypeExtensions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15504 System.Resources.Reader.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 45184 System.Resources.Writer.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 22656 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 20096 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 42624 System.Runtime.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 18048 System.Runtime.Extensions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15504 System.Runtime.Handles.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 51840 System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 31872 System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16512 System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Runtime.Loader.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:18 221824 System.Runtime.Numerics.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17552 System.Runtime.Serialization.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 322176 System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16016 System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 28800 System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 215168 System.Security.AccessControl.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 94336 System.Security.Claims.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 804992 System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 485504 System.Security.Cryptography.Cng.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 189568 System.Security.Cryptography.Csp.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 93824 System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 31872 System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 134784 System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 486528 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 18568 System.Security.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15488 System.Security.Principal.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 151680 System.Security.Principal.Windows.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15496 System.Security.SecureString.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17576 System.ServiceModel.Web.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.ServiceProcess.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 871040 System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Text.Encoding.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 13:56 117248 System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll -a---- 1/26/2023 13:56 1470464 System.Text.Json.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 530048 System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 125056 System.Threading.Channels.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:19 80000 System.Threading.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Threading.Overlapped.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:20 505472 System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17024 System.Threading.Tasks.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:20 138880 System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Threading.Thread.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16000 System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15488 System.Threading.Timer.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17032 System.Transactions.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:20 351360 System.Transactions.Local.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 15504 System.ValueTuple.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16016 System.Web.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:20 52864 System.Web.HttpUtility.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16520 System.Windows.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 24704 System.Xml.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.Xml.Linq.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 22160 System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16528 System.Xml.Serialization.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16008 System.Xml.XDocument.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16008 System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 18088 System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 16016 System.Xml.XPath.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 16:20 18048 System.Xml.XPath.XDocument.dll -a---- 9/11/2021 15:05 1122768 ucrtbase.dll -a---- 11/30/2022 15:39 17064 WindowsBase.dll ```

And following is a printout of the files in the EDGE_APP_ROOT/refs folder:

EDGE_APP_ROOT/refs file list

``` Directory: C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\resources\c-sharp\bin\Release\net6. 0\publish\win-x64\refs Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19072 Microsoft.CSharp.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 60032 Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 18064 Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 17064 Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 22184 Microsoft.Win32.Registry.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 56488 mscorlib.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:08 101520 netstandard.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15528 System.AppContext.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15528 System.Buffers.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 27816 System.Collections.Concurrent.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 46208 System.Collections.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 66728 System.Collections.Immutable.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 24232 System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 26792 System.Collections.Specialized.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 30888 System.ComponentModel.Annotations.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:56 17576 System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 17064 System.ComponentModel.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 20136 System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 26792 System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 102568 System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 19592 System.Configuration.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 26792 System.Console.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 24200 System.Core.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 152232 System.Data.Common.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16000 System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 24232 System.Data.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 20608 System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16040 System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 35968 System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18088 System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 31912 System.Diagnostics.Process.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 23720 System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18600 System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15528 System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 27816 System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 28328 System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 50344 System.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 21136 System.Drawing.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 36520 System.Drawing.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16552 System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 26792 System.Formats.Asn1.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16000 System.Globalization.Calendars.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16040 System.Globalization.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16000 System.Globalization.Extensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19112 System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 21632 System.IO.Compression.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 16008 System.IO.Compression.FileSystem.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 17536 System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16040 System.IO.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 21632 System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 16040 System.IO.FileSystem.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18088 System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:14 16000 System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 21632 System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 23208 System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19624 System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19624 System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 22144 System.IO.Pipes.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15488 System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 32384 System.Linq.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 63616 System.Linq.Expressions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 32424 System.Linq.Parallel.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 30848 System.Linq.Queryable.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 45736 System.Memory.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 18064 System.Net.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 57984 System.Net.Http.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 20648 System.Net.Http.Json.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 25768 System.Net.HttpListener.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 31400 System.Net.Mail.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18560 System.Net.NameResolution.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 33920 System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 20608 System.Net.Ping.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 33408 System.Net.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 38056 System.Net.Requests.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 49320 System.Net.Security.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 20648 System.Net.ServicePoint.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 46720 System.Net.Sockets.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 28840 System.Net.WebClient.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 20096 System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18600 System.Net.WebProxy.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19584 System.Net.WebSockets.Client.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 23208 System.Net.WebSockets.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 16016 System.Numerics.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 35968 System.Numerics.Vectors.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 30336 System.ObjectModel.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16512 System.Reflection.DispatchProxy.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16552 System.Reflection.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 39552 System.Reflection.Emit.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 21672 System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 20096 System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15488 System.Reflection.Extensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 120456 System.Reflection.Metadata.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 22696 System.Reflection.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:17 20648 System.Reflection.TypeExtensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 15496 System.Resources.Reader.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16040 System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 17040 System.Resources.Writer.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 19600 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 18056 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 476296 System.Runtime.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 18088 System.Runtime.Extensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16040 System.Runtime.Handles.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 68744 System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 17576 System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 168616 System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 20112 System.Runtime.Loader.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 24200 System.Runtime.Numerics.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 17552 System.Runtime.Serialization.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 24200 System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 21136 System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 20112 System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 36496 System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:17 38056 System.Security.AccessControl.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 32936 System.Security.Claims.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 48808 System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 30376 System.Security.Cryptography.Cng.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 27784 System.Security.Cryptography.Csp.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 21648 System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 20104 System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 28816 System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 41608 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 18568 System.Security.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 15496 System.Security.Principal.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 27792 System.Security.Principal.Windows.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16040 System.Security.SecureString.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:56 17576 System.ServiceModel.Web.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 16528 System.ServiceProcess.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16552 System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16552 System.Text.Encoding.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 21648 System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 27304 System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 61608 System.Text.Json.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 33424 System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 19624 System.Threading.Channels.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 32392 System.Threading.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 19592 System.Threading.Overlapped.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 32904 System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 17040 System.Threading.Tasks.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16040 System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 20648 System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 23720 System.Threading.Thread.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 19112 System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 15496 System.Threading.Timer.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 17032 System.Transactions.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 25768 System.Transactions.Local.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 16040 System.ValueTuple.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 16016 System.Web.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 18048 System.Web.HttpUtility.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 16520 System.Windows.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:15 24208 System.Xml.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:05 16528 System.Xml.Linq.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 115856 System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:04 16528 System.Xml.Serialization.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 34984 System.Xml.XDocument.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 16016 System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 51344 System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 17552 System.Xml.XPath.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:16 17576 System.Xml.XPath.XDocument.dll -a---- 12/2/2022 19:56 17064 WindowsBase.dll ```

Here is my repo on the current commit: https://github.com/paranext/paranext-core/tree/d1a6a02d48602283ff7b4b542c505f9503593ec7

Thank you very much for the help! Please let me know if you have any ideas.

EDIT: I printed the stack trace of the edge code where it was throwing this "parent does not exist" stuff (note that 'electronAPI.edge.invoke' is the ipc channel for edge stuff as I have change to using a preload and nodeIntegration off. As such, the edge code is running in main.ts):

Error invoking remote method 'electronAPI.edge.invoke': Error: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Object' from assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' because the parent does not exist.

Stack Trace:
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ObjectHandleOnStack type)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
   at ClrFuncReflectionWrap.Create(Assembly assembly, String typeName, String methodName)
   at ClrFunc.Initialize(FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>* info).

This exception is thrown during edge.func as I have here (in my main.ts file):

edge.func({
      assemblyFile: baseDll,
      typeName: `${ns}.${className}`,
      methodName: method,
    })

I have tried importing edge with require as in the quickstart and with import('electron-edge-js') as a dynamic import (with edge.func waiting until the dynamic import is finished. I have tried setting the .csproj dependencies to the same as in the quickstart.

Because the standalone instructions in edge.js's readme say to use netcoreapp2.1, I have also tried that. Strangely, I get a slightly different exception as follows:

Error invoking remote method 'electronAPI.edge.invoke': Error: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

Stack Trace:
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ObjectHandleOnStack type)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
   at ClrFuncReflectionWrap.Create(Assembly assembly, String typeName, String methodName)
   at ClrFunc.Initialize(FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>* info).

I also ran the production build while logging some kind of dll interaction using a tool called Fusion++, and that indicated an error with edge_nativeclr:

Fusion++ edge_nativeclr error full log

``` *** Assembly Binder Log Entry (1/26/2023 @ 12:16:16) *** The operation failed. Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified. Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\clr.dll Running under executable C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\ParanextCore.exe --- A detailed error log follows. === Pre-bind state information === LOG: DisplayName = edge_nativeclr, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL LOG: Cache Base = NULL LOG: AppName = ParanextCore.exe Calling assembly : (Unknown). === LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: Download of application configuration file was attempted from file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/ParanextCore.exe.config. LOG: Configuration file C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\ParanextCore.exe.config does not exist. LOG: No application configuration file found. LOG: Using host configuration file: LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config. LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind). LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.EXE. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.EXE. LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed. *** Assembly Binder Log Entry (1/26/2023 @ 12:16:16) *** The operation failed. Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified. Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\clr.dll Running under executable C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\ParanextCore.exe --- A detailed error log follows. === Pre-bind state information === LOG: DisplayName = edge_nativeclr, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL LOG: Cache Base = NULL LOG: AppName = ParanextCore.exe Calling assembly : (Unknown). === LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: Download of application configuration file was attempted from file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/ParanextCore.exe.config. LOG: Configuration file C:\Users\tj_co\source\repos\paranext-core\release\build\win-unpacked\ParanextCore.exe.config does not exist. LOG: No application configuration file found. LOG: Using host configuration file: LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config. LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind). LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.EXE. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.EXE. LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed. ```

Reproduced from the error log is the following critical piece:

LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/tj_co/source/repos/paranext-core/release/build/win-unpacked/edge_nativeclr/edge_nativeclr.EXE.
LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed.

I suppose edge_nativeclr.DLL and edge_nativeclr.EXE are some kind of intermediate files because I cannot find them anywhere. I don't know if this is helpful information, but I figured I would include it in case it means something to you. :)

harlankoehn commented 1 year ago

In my case we resorted to building a console app which references our DLL. Then we have to call that console application with some parameters from within Electron. We were able to package the console application as a stand alone executable but we had to use the Publish feature in Visual Studio to get it to bundle correctly into one file. Nothing ideal about what we resorted to but it does work.

agracio / electron-edge-js

Error's trying to call C# .NET 5.0 "Self-Contained" "Single-File" DLL on Windows without any .NET Frameworks Installed #131