C#/.net Unable to use bitmap with "using System.Drawing" and reference to System.Drawing

Asked Apr 19 '18 at 21:44

Active Apr 19 '18 at 21:47

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I am trying to use Bitmap/Image from System.Drawing and I have both:

using System.Drawing

and a reference to the Assembly System.Drawing within my project. But I still get the error:

CS0246 The type or namespace name 'Bitmap' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

edited Apr 19 '18 at 21:47

maccettura

asked Apr 19 '18 at 21:44

Bob Bonanno

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Is this .NET Core? – maccettura Apr 19 '18 at 21:46
it is .NET Core – Bob Bonanno Apr 19 '18 at 21:50
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`System.Drawing.Bitmap` is not available in .NET Core, you can explore the API's in the [API Browser](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing?view=netcore-2.0) – maccettura Apr 19 '18 at 21:50
RIP. I'm trying to process an image to turn it into a barcode number. Would you have any suggestions on a workaround? – Bob Bonanno Apr 19 '18 at 21:52
There is a library called [ImageSharp](https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp) that is solving a lot of these issues in .NET Core. Install it via nuget – maccettura Apr 19 '18 at 21:54
Thank you, I'll let you know how it goes – Bob Bonanno Apr 19 '18 at 21:55

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