CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll The specified module could not be found

[Ravnholt2102]

I have a very simple Offscreen console application.
It check if Cef.IsInitialized and if not it runs Cef.InitializeAsync().

When i run this, i get this exception:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'C:\Sources\PreviewGenerators\ConsoleGenerator\ConsoleGenerator\bin\x64\Debug\net8.0\runtimes\win-x64\lib\netcoreapp3.1\CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll'. The specified module could not be found.'

If i replace InitializeAsync() with Initialize() it works as expected.

I have installed nuget CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore 121.3.130
Using .NET 8.0

[amaitland]

Impossible to say what's going on without an example.

Does the problem reproduce with the MinimalExample? It currently targets .Net 6.0, you can easily change that to .Net 8

https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp.MinimalExample/blob/master/CefSharp.MinimalExample.OffScreen/Program.cs#L57

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Specifying a RuntimeIdentifier will likely resolve your issue.

https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/blob/master/NuGet/PackageReference/Readme.txt#L10

[Ravnholt2102]

I have added an example here: https://github.com/Ravnholt2102/ConsoleTest
I think this is an issue on my end, since this is such a simple example that completely fails.

[amaitland]

Have you considered https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp

If you have to use CefSharp.OffScreen, then you'll need to use a SynchronizationContext to ensure the calls run on the correct threads.

https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp.MinimalExample/blob/master/CefSharp.MinimalExample.OffScreen/Program.cs#L40C41-L40C63