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By using the Windows base image, I can execute my binary (console application) using Windows.Media.Ocr (UWP) without installing anything.
In servercore and nanoserver I cannot get it to work, I tried Install-Package Microsoft.Windows.Ocr -Version 1.0.0 (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Windows.Ocr/) but it doesn't install it.
What do I need to install for Windows.Media.Ocr to work (runtime only, not building the exe)? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.media.ocr?view=winrt-22000
What container image are you using? Most containers use server core or nanoserver images which are a minimal version of windows server really meant to run a web site
It worked out of the box in the following:
locally with mcr.microsoft.com/windows:20H2
on Azure Container Services with mcr.microsoft.com/windows:2004
IIn the other images like nanoserver or servercore I could not get it to work (no error message, just returns without printing to stdout). It must be missing some runtime and I don't know how to install it..
This is the error message in servercore:
Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not find Windows Runtime type 'Windows.Media.Ocr.OcrEngine'.
at Windows.Media.Ocr.Cli.Program.Main(String[] args)
What should I install to make it work?