0.8.1 build success on Visual Studio 2022 Community but getting ANSI Error when installing the plugin about markdownviewerplusplus HOT 4 OPEN

Version 0.8.2 build fine for Debug - Any CPU but getting following errors when building for x86 or x64

Rebuild started at 6:15 AM...
1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MarkdownViewerPlusPlus, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1> Transitive merge
1> Merged assemblies: C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus\obj\x64\Debug\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\HtmlRenderer.Core.1.5.1-beta1\lib\net40-client\HtmlRenderer.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp.1.5.1-beta1\lib\net40-client\HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\HtmlRenderer.WinForms.1.5.1-beta1\lib\net40-client\HtmlRenderer.WinForms.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\Markdig.0.15.0\lib\net40\Markdig.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\PDFsharp.1.50.4000-beta3b\lib\net20\PdfSharp.Charting.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\PDFsharp.1.50.4000-beta3b\lib\net20\PdfSharp.dll;C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\packages\Svg.2.3.0\lib\net35\Svg.dll;
1>C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.csproj(278,5): error MSB4062: The "NppPlugin.DllExport.MSBuild.DllExportTask" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\Users\dell\Desktop\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus-0.8.2\MarkdownViewerPlusPlus\PluginInfrastructure\DllExport\NppPlugin.DllExport.MSBuild.dll. Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Build.Utilities, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.
========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
========== Rebuild completed at 6:15 AM and took 02.521 seconds ==========

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If anyone wants to try building MarkdownViewerPlusPlus on Visual Studio 2022 Community check this out:

Open Legacy Projects (4.5 Framework) In Visual Studio 2022
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/open-legacy-projects-4-5-framework-in-visual-studio-2022/

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Another recommendation for ANSI issue:

NotePad++ Plugin - ANSI vs UNICODE
https://www.reddit.com/r/programminghelp/comments/1254kdv/notepad_plugin_ansi_vs_unicode/

From the reddit post:

Moments after posting this, I was able to find a hint from the internet (even though what seems like 100s of previous searches were dead ends...). The dll that I was using took a string as an input. If I convert that string to UTF8, then it no longer is upset about UNICODE vs. ANSI. I do have other problems, but this issue seems to be resolved.

byte[] bytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(myString);
myString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

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I was able to build 0.8.2 as well on Debug - Any CPU and Debug - x86 with the following settings:

• SdkPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.2 Tools

• Installing .Net Framework 3.5 kbilsted/NotepadPlusPlusPluginPack.Net#31 (comment)

  Figured out the issue, needed to install .net 3.5 (including 2.0) because the NppPlugin.DllExport.MSBuild.dll is referencing msbuild v 2.0.0.0 instead of msbuild v 4.0.0.0

The ANSI error is gone and the the build is successful. I tested installing the plugin and it works!

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