Need help installing TidyMangaed please

Question

User-2145974911 posted

I installed the TidyManaged NuGet package and wrote some basic code to convert an HTML file to XHTML but when I run it I get the following error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.DllNotFoundException' occurred > in TidyManaged.dll > > Additional information: Unable to load DLL 'libtidy.dll': The > specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: > 0x8007007E)

I tried to add a reference to ibtidy.dll (both x64 and x86) that the GitHub page for TidyManaged link to but that gives the error:

libtidy.dll  could not be added. please make sure the file is accessible and that is a valid assembly or COM component.

Every other NuGet package I have ever used has always just worked, what do I have to do to get this NuGet package working so I can use TidyManaged?

Answer 1

User614698185 posted

Hi Eagle_f90,

libtidy.dll  could not be added. please make sure the file is accessible and that is a valid assembly or COM component.

libtidy.dll is an unmanaged C DLL, so you can't add a reference to it in Visual Studio's Add Reference dialog. You need to build the C# code from https://github.com/markbeaton/TidyManaged into a managed DLL, and add a reference to that DLL instead.

Make sure that libtidy.dll is copied to your output folder; you can achieve this by adding the DLL file to your project, and changing its properties to "Copy to Output".

Best Regards,

Candice Zhou