[Mono-devel-list] Can I use Microsoft's DLL's on the Win32 platform?

[Pete Gonzalez]

Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> You wont be able to assemblies that come from the .NET framework with
> Mono.
> 
> Many of these assemblies use internal calls to the virtual machine, and
> are hence non-portable or use COM which is not supported by Mono.
> 
> Third party libraries will work, but you need to look at its
> dependencies on a case-by-case basis.

Is it reasonable to assume that cases of "internal calls" and "using COM" 
are always accompanied by the text string "MethodImplOptions.InternalCall" 
in the MSIL?  If so, then I did a quick search for "InternalCall" in my 
application's DLL's, and other than a couple COM interfaces in 
Accessibility.dll, the "non-portable" stuff seems to be entirely confined 
to mscorlib.dll.

How good is Mono's emulation of mscorlib.dll?  If it's reasonably complete, 
then maybe this isn't such a Herculean task.  :-)

Also, the "NotImplementedException" error must be coming from a Mono 
library, not a Microsoft one, right?  How do I see where mono.exe is 
loading its DLL's from, and how do I redirect it to use the Microsoft ones?

Thanks,
-Pete

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Accessibility.dll: Accessibility.IAccessible
Accessibility.dll: Accessibility.IAccessibleHandler
mscorlib.dll: Microsoft.Win32.OAVariantLib
mscorlib.dll: System.AppDomain
mscorlib.dll: System.AppDomainSetup
mscorlib.dll: System.ArgIterator
mscorlib.dll: System.Array
mscorlib.dll: System.BCLDebug
mscorlib.dll: System.BitConverter
mscorlib.dll: System.Buffer
mscorlib.dll: System.Char
mscorlib.dll: System.ConfigServer
mscorlib.dll: System.Console
mscorlib.dll: System.Convert
mscorlib.dll: System.Currency
mscorlib.dll: System.CurrentSystemTimeZone
mscorlib.dll: System.DateTime
mscorlib.dll: System.Decimal
mscorlib.dll: System.DefaultBinder
mscorlib.dll: System.Delegate
mscorlib.dll: System.Double
mscorlib.dll: System.Enum
mscorlib.dll: System.Environment
mscorlib.dll: System.Exception
mscorlib.dll: System.GC
mscorlib.dll: System.Guid
mscorlib.dll: System.MarshalByRefObject
mscorlib.dll: System.Math
mscorlib.dll: System.MissingFieldException
mscorlib.dll: System.MissingMemberException
mscorlib.dll: System.MissingMethodException
mscorlib.dll: System.Number
mscorlib.dll: System.Object
mscorlib.dll: System.ParseNumbers
mscorlib.dll: System.RuntimeMethodHandle
mscorlib.dll: System.RuntimeType
mscorlib.dll: System.Single
mscorlib.dll: System.String
mscorlib.dll: System.Type
mscorlib.dll: System.TypedReference
mscorlib.dll: System.TypeLoadException
mscorlib.dll: System.ValueType
mscorlib.dll: System.Variant
mscorlib.dll: System.Diagnostics.Assert
mscorlib.dll: System.Diagnostics.Debugger
mscorlib.dll: System.Diagnostics.Log
mscorlib.dll: System.Diagnostics.StackTrace
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.Calendar
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.CalendarTable
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.CharacterInfo
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.CompareInfo
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.CultureTable
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.EncodingTable
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.GlobalizationAssembly
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.RegionTable
mscorlib.dll: System.Globalization.SortKey
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mscorlib.dll: System.IO.FileLoadException
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mscorlib.dll: System.IO.Path
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mscorlib.dll: System.Reflection.Assembly
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mscorlib.dll: System.Reflection.Emit.MethodRental
mscorlib.dll: System.Reflection.Emit.SignatureHelper
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mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers
mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.InteropServices.ArrayWithOffset
mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExtensibleClassFactory
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mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices
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mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts.Context
mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.Message
mscorlib.dll: System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink
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mscorlib.dll: System.Security.Util.Config
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mscorlib.dll: System.Threading.Thread
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mscorlib.dll: System.Threading.Timer
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