[Gtk-sharp-list] gtk-html on Windows

[Michael Hutchinson]

Hi,

> I downloaded GTK# and realized to my dismay that gtkhtml and gecko# are
> not supported on Windows.  That completely dashes my plans of getting
> off of using Internet Explorer and making my app cross-platform.

Gecko# *can* work on Win32. The issues are with GTKMozEmbed, as the C#
bindings simply invoke the C library. I used it last July with no
problems, and I think I used the runtime from
http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/downloads.php/monowin32/
though I can't really remember much about it now, having mostly
switched to Linux.

Though there don't appear to be any recent updates, there is ongoing
work in this area:
http://zbowling.com/blog/2006/03/03/gtkembedmozgecko-for-win32-lives-again/

> I need HTML display capabilities in a C# application on Windows and
> Linux.  Any suggestions?  Could I use GTK 1.x (it looks like gtkhtml for
> GTK1 has slightly more support)?

I don't know of any .NET bindings for GTK 1. Though confusingly named,
GTK# 1.0 is a binding to GTK+ 2.

Try the above Gecko runtime -- you'll have to bundle one anyway, and
hopefully a newer one will be released soon.


Michael Hutchinson