Improved exception message when SkiaSharp throws the TypeInitializationException

QuestPDF/Drawing/DocumentGenerator.cs

@@ -136,10 +136,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                               $"2) The layout configuration of your document is invalid. Some of the elements require more space than is provided." +
                               $"Please analyze your documents structure to detect this element and fix its size constraints.";
 
-                throw new DocumentLayoutException(message)
-                {
-                    ElementTrace = debuggingState?.BuildTrace() ?? "Debug trace is available only in the DEBUG mode."
-                };
+                var elementTrace = debuggingState?.BuildTrace() ?? "Debug trace is available only in the DEBUG mode.";
+
+                throw new DocumentLayoutException(message, elementTrace);
             }
         }
 

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentComposeException.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentComposeException : Exception
     {
-        public DocumentComposeException()
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentComposeException(string message) : base(message)
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentComposeException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
+        internal DocumentComposeException(string message) : base(message)
         {
             
         }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentDrawingException.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentDrawingException : Exception
     {
-        public DocumentDrawingException()
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentDrawingException(string message) : base(message)
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentDrawingException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
+        internal DocumentDrawingException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
         {
             
         }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentLayoutException.cs

@@ -4,21 +4,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentLayoutException : Exception
     {
-        public string ElementTrace { get; set; }
+        public string? ElementTrace { get; }
 
-        public DocumentLayoutException()
+        internal DocumentLayoutException(string message, string? elementTrace = null) : base(message)
         {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentLayoutException(string message) : base(message)
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentLayoutException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
-        {
-            
+            ElementTrace = elementTrace;
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/InitializationException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
+{
+    public class InitializationException : Exception
+    {
+        internal InitializationException(string documentType, Exception innerException) : base(CreateMessage(documentType), innerException)
+        {
+            
+        }
+
+        private static string CreateMessage(string documentType)
+        {
+            return $"Cannot create the {documentType} document using the SkiaSharp library. " +
+                   $"This exception usually means that, on your operating system where you run the application, SkiaSharp requires installing additional dependencies. " +
+                   $"Such dependencies are available as additional nuget packages, for example SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux. " +
+                   $"Please refer to the SkiaSharp documentation for more details.";
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Drawing/PdfCanvas.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -7,11 +9,23 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     internal class PdfCanvas : SkiaDocumentCanvasBase
     {
         public PdfCanvas(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata) 
-            : base(SKDocument.CreatePdf(stream, MapMetadata(documentMetadata)))
+            : base(CreatePdf(stream, documentMetadata))
         {
             
         }
 
+        private static SKDocument CreatePdf(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return SKDocument.CreatePdf(stream, MapMetadata(documentMetadata));
+            }
+            catch (TypeInitializationException exception)
+            {
+                throw new InitializationException("PDF", exception);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static SKDocumentPdfMetadata MapMetadata(DocumentMetadata metadata)
         {
             return new SKDocumentPdfMetadata

QuestPDF/Drawing/XpsCanvas.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -7,9 +9,21 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     internal class XpsCanvas : SkiaDocumentCanvasBase
     {
         public XpsCanvas(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata) 
-            : base(SKDocument.CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata.RasterDpi))
+            : base(CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata))
         {
             
         }
+        
+        private static SKDocument CreateXps(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return SKDocument.CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata.RasterDpi);
+            }
+            catch (TypeInitializationException exception)
+            {
+                throw new InitializationException("XPS", exception);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Resources/ReleaseNotes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Implemented support for the text shaping algorithm that fixes rendering more advanced languages such as Arabic. 
+Improved exception message when SkiaSharp throws the TypeInitializationException (when additional dependencies are needed).
 Fixed: a rare case when the Row.AutoItem does not calculate properly the width of its content.
 Fixed: the QuestPDF Previewer does not work with content-rich documents.