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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"BinaryFormatter disabled in .Net 8 breaks Out-HTMLView/New-HTML/etc","articleBody":"While testing [PowerShell 7.4-preview4](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.4.0-preview.4), reports built using PSWriteHTML v0.0.190 no longer work.\r\n\r\n### Expected behavior\r\n`Get-Process | Out-HTMLView` returns without error\r\n\r\n### Actual behavior\r\n`Copy-Dictionary: Exception calling \"Serialize\" with \"2\" argument(s): \"BinaryFormatter serialization and deserialization are disabled within this application. See https://aka.ms/binaryformatter for more information.\"`\r\n\r\nFollowing the rabbit-hole I dug up;\r\n* 7.4-preview4 is updated to .NET 8 Preview 4 https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19696\r\n* the binaryserializer is now disabled https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/serialization/8.0/binaryformatter-disabled\r\n* if I replace the `Copy-Dictionary` function w/ the clixml serializer example then my report builts and `Out-HTMLView` works (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/deep-dives/everything-about-hashtable?view=powershell-7.3)\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n# function Copy-Dictionary { \r\n#     [alias('Copy-Hashtable', 'Copy-OrderedHashtable')]\r\n#     [cmdletbinding()]\r\n#     param(\r\n#         [System.Collections.IDictionary] $Dictionary\r\n#     )\r\n#     # create a deep-clone of an object\r\n#     $ms = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::new()\r\n#     $bf = [System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter]::new()\r\n#     $bf.Serialize($ms, $Dictionary)\r\n#     $ms.Position = 0\r\n#     $clone = $bf.Deserialize($ms)\r\n#     $ms.Close()\r\n#     $clone\r\n# }\r\nfunction Copy-Dictionary {\r\n    [alias('Copy-Hashtable', 'Copy-OrderedHashtable')]\r\n    [cmdletbinding()]\r\n    param(\r\n        [System.Collections.IDictionary] $Dictionary\r\n    )\r\n    $clone = [System.Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Serialize($Dictionary, [int32]::MaxValue)\r\n    return [System.Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Deserialize($clone)\r\n}\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/crlogic","@type":"Person","name":"crlogic"},"datePublished":"2023-07-02T12:16:02.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/389/PSWriteHTML/issues/389"}