[Mono-devel-list] Compiling/running with compact framework on linux

[William Wragg]

Inline comments.

Rafael Teixeira wrote:
> Inline comments.
> 
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:18:55 +0000, William Wragg <william at datapro.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am looking at developing applications on winCE/pocket PC using the
>>.NET compact framework. I was wondering whether mono can compile/run
>>with the .net compact framework on Linux.
> 
> 
> What do you mean? To install the compact framework libraries in Linux,
> and direct the compiler to use them?
> 

Yep, that's what I meant.

> If so, two problems arise:
> -- MS licenses forbid to install their libraries in anything but Windows.
> -- Our compilers doesn't recognize/process the special options needed anyway.
> 
> Another possibility is to use mono with a profile that mimics the
> compact framework libraries
> 
> Well we don't have such a beast, because
> -- dotNET CF is so crippled that it should not be called dotNET (they
> are correcting some bits like better XML and COM-Interop for the next
> version), we would have to cut too many things to be as crippled as
> them, and no one invested time on that.
> -- but dotNET CF also implements very different ui controls in its
> winforms implementation, it's not duplicated in mono either.
> 

I had a feeling this was the case.

> 
>>I have found a few references to this in the list and via google, but
>>they generally say this should probably be possible, but don't mention
>>if it was actually accomplished or how.
> 
> 
> AFAIK, it is not, in the way you are asking...
> 
> 
>>If it is not possible, is it possible to use mono in any other way to
>>develop on winCE/Pocket PC?
> 
> 
> Well, there are reports of people installing some mono libraries or
> excerpts from our library codebase as part of their .NET CF apps,
> particularly our XML handling code...
> 
> 
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Wm.
>>
> 
> 
> HIH, 
> 
> 

Cheers, thanks for the feedback, I think I'll have to look else where
for now but I'll keep mono in mind for other projects.

Regards,

Wm.