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IronBarcode - Alternative to System.Drawing.Common

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Starting with .NET 6, System.Drawing.Common will only work on Windows.

• On non-Windows operating systems, unless you set a runtime configuration switch, a TypeInitializationException exception is thrown with PlatformNotSupportedException as the inner exception.
• In .NET 6, the platform analyzer emits compile-time warnings when referencing code is compiled for non-Windows operating systems. In addition, the following run-time exception is thrown unless you set a configuration option:

System.TypeInitializationException : The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.
          ---- System.PlatformNotSupportedException : System.Drawing.Common is not supported on non-Windows platforms. See https://aka.ms/systemdrawingnonwindows for more information.

Stack Trace:
            at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateBitmapFromFile(String filename, IntPtr& bitmap)
          /_/src/libraries/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/Bitmap.cs(42,0): at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename, Boolean useIcm)
          /_/src/libraries/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/Bitmap.cs(25,0): at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename)
          /_/src/libraries/System.Resources.ResourceManager/tests/ResourceManagerTests.cs(270,0): at System.Resources.Tests.ResourceManagerTests.EnglishImageResourceData()+MoveNext()
          /_/src/libraries/System.Linq/src/System/Linq/Select.cs(136,0): at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()

----- Inner Stack Trace -----
          /_/src/libraries/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/LibraryResolver.cs(31,0): at System.Drawing.LibraryResolver.EnsureRegistered()
          /_/src/libraries/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/GdiplusNative.Unix.cs(65,0): at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.PlatformInitialize()
          /_/src/libraries/System.Drawing.Common/src/System/Drawing/Gdiplus.cs(27,0): at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip..cctor()

Temporary work-around:Enable support for non-Windows platforms by setting the System.Drawing.EnableUnixSupport runtime configuration switch to true in the runtimeconfig.json file:

{
         "runtimeOptions": {
            "configProperties": {
               "System.Drawing.EnableUnixSupport": true
            }
         }
      }

This solution is the current solution from Microsoft for System.Drawing support in .NET 6: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/core-libraries/6.0/system-drawing-common-windows-only