Difficulty finding library dependencies

[stictt]

Hello, I noticed one problem. The library does not indicate any limitations or requirements. You can understand this only if you open the code like here.

I suggest that you add platform and limit information to the ReadMe file.

[benchd]

I ran into the same issue. I am using the current net 7.0 and just tried to use and am getting a missing QRCode. It looks like I can't use this.

[lqlam]

You should use forked project from https://github.com/JPlenert/QRCoder-ImageSharp with net7 support. It use ImageSharp by SixLabors.

Here is my sample code:

@using QRCoder
@using SixLabors
@using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats

private string GenerateQRCode(string inputText)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputText))
{
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
QRCodeGenerator qrGenerator = new QRCodeGenerator();
QRCodeData qrCodeData = qrGenerator.CreateQrCode(inputText, QRCodeGenerator.ECCLevel.Q);
QRCode qrCode = new QRCode(qrCodeData);
using (Image qrCodeImage = qrCode.GetGraphic(20))
{
qrCodeImage.SaveAsPng(memoryStream);
return "data:image/png;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(memoryStream.ToArray());
}
}
}
return "";
}

[pishangujeniya]

Thanks @lqlam , Even I found little fishy, when I saw the lines

QRCoder/QRCoder/QRCode.cs

Line 9 in cecf206

#if NET6_0_WINDOWS

It saved me a lot of time.
I started using the library suggested by you - https://www.nuget.org/packages/QRCoder-ImageSharp

[codebude]

Hi @pishangujeniya , hi @lqlam ,

Sorry to hear that you struggled with the library. I tried to document this in the wiki. Check the compatibility matrix over here: https://github.com/codebude/QRCoder/wiki/Advanced-usage---QR-Code-renderers#2-overview-of-the-different-renderers
Seems like this wasn't clear enough.

I'm also unhappy with the situation and how imports are solved. The thing is: I started QRCoder in 2013 as a fresher. Back then full, classic .NET Framework was state of the art and System.Drawing was available everywhere. So I built QRCoder upon it. Then over the years I tried to add support for more and more .NET variants/versions which lead to the mess (incl. compiler flags) that you pointed out.

Unfortunately I'm constantly in lack of time and in addition are a bit overwhelmed. I would love to give QRCoder the update it deserves, but fear to break it when cutting off loose ends (like older .NET support).

It's some kind of dilemma. Maybe I can find 1-3 person to build up a team to develop QRCoder 2.0.
(Yes, I got some cool PRs from single persons, but I haven't merged them, because I feared possible side effects. If we could work/decide as team, I would feel way more confident in updating the sources.)