[Mono-dev] Mono Windows setup suggestions

[Kornél Pál]

Microsoft Layer for Unicode (unicows.dll) is a good thing (provides Unicode
support on 9x without perforamce loss on NT), but binaries has to be
compiled using unicows.lib. If you simply copy unicows.dll to bin directory,
nothing will happen.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/mslu/winprog/compiling_your_application_with_the_microsoft_layer_for_unicode.asp

Kornél

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Geldenhuys" <graeme at mastermaths.co.za>
To: "mono-devel-list" <mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] Mono Windows setup suggestions


> Hi,
>
> What versions of Windows does Mono support.  Of the bat, I would have
> thought from Win2000 and
> up, maybe NT 4 and up, due to Unicode support in Mono and .NET.
>
> If Unicode is a requirement, then wouldn't the following
>
> Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95, 98, and Me Systems, 1.1.3790.0
> http://tinyurl.com/9jklh
>
> solve the problem for Win9x versions as well...
>
>
>>Just by looking at the functions imported by Mono I think the following:
>>NT is required because Unicode functions. unicows.dll may be used but the
>>binaries has to be recompiled so the installer has no support for 9x.
>
>
> Regards,
>  - Graeme -
>
>
>
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