Aspose.Words.Document.Save fails in .NET globalization-invariant mode

Aspose.Words Product Family
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Aspose.Words 24.7 cannot be used by a .NET 8 Core API Website in globalization-invariant mode, because somewhere in the Aspose source code they have hard-coded the culture en-nz and try switching to it. Here the proof:

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Gg' threw an exception.
 ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Vu' threw an exception.
 ---> **System.Globalization.CultureNotFoundException: Only the invariant culture is supported in globalization-invariant mode.** See https://aka.ms/GlobalizationInvariantMode for more information. (Parameter 'name')
en-nz is an invalid culture identifier.
   at System.Globalization.CultureInfo..ctor(String name, Boolean useUserOverride)
   at Vu..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Vu.c(String d)
   at Gg..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Gg.d(Single d, Int32 v)
   at Uz.v(Single d, Int32 v)
   at Uz.d(Single d)
   at Uz.iBiFd(Single d)
   at Uz.d(pe d)
   at TB.d(pe d)
   at Nn..ctor(Fz d, Single v, Single c)
   at Lz.d(Single d, Single v)
   at Lz.d(SizeF d)
   at Un.eqiFd(Vq d)
   at Vq.hJiFd(eq d)
   at Un.d(Vq d)
   at tUw.AUziFd(Vq d)
   at AUz.d(Vq d, Boolean v, Boolean c)
   at AUz.v(lCK d, yd v)
   at AUz.NUciFd(lCK d)
   at YUQ.YUQiFd(lCK d)
   at Aspose.Words.Document.d(lCK d)
   at Aspose.Words.Document.d(Stream d, String v, SaveOptions c)
   at Aspose.Words.Document.Save(Stream stream, SaveOptions saveOptions)
   at Odis.Fusion.Interop.PdfConversion.ConvertToPdfA(MemoryStream file, Stream outStream) in C:\Code\Fusion\Applications\Interop\Interop\PdfConversion.cs:line 27
   at Program.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<<Main>$>b__6(NewFileOut request) in C:\Code\Fusion\Applications\Interop\WebService\Program.cs:line 66
   at lambda_method8(Closure, Object, HttpContext, Object)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.RequestDelegateFactory.<>c__DisplayClass102_2.<<HandleRequestBodyAndCompileRequestDelegateForJson>b__2>d.MoveNext()
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@cherabomb.80
We have opened the following new ticket(s) in our internal issue tracking system and will deliver their fixes according to the terms mentioned in Free Support Policies.

Issue ID(s): WORDSNET-27235

You can obtain Paid Support Services if you need support on a priority basis, along with the direct access to our Paid Support management team.

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We are facing the same issue here. We do not have a license yet, but this is a blocker for my company to approve the request for a license.

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@mirapalheta We will keep you updated and let you know once the problem is resolved. Please accept our apologies for your inconvenience.

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@alexey.noskov is this resolved

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@bhavikrupa Unfortunately, the issue is not resolved yet. We may consider to detect globalization-invariant mode and avoid initialization of specific locales. But, there is no public API for that (the proposal is not implemented). So fixing of the issue is blocked right now.

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@alexey.noskov So what is the work around now, please suggest.
i have a aspose total license. I am trying to convert msg to pdf using aspose.words but that fails on a non windows aks server (ubuntu)
i am already using skia no license library. But it did not fix.

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@bhavikrupa You should specify the predefined cultures setting in order to use Aspose.Words under globalization invariant mode:

<PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>

However, in fact Aspose.Words heavy depends on globalization feature it may behave incorrect in some cases.