[Mono-list] SWF Programming Question

Oren Novotny osn@po.cwru.edu
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:53:20 -0400 

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Since the current consensus is that SWF will be using WineLib as a base,
does that mean that developers don't have to worry about their P/Invoke
calls to Win32 functions not working on Mono?  I.e., if my app calls
Shell32 or User32, it'll still work since that's a part of WineLib.
Would that also extend to Shdocvw.dll (a.k.a., MSIE's COM interface)?
Many programs use IE (via Shdocvw.dll) to display HTML and to provide a
WYSIWYG editor.  Would calls to it via P/Invoke, COM and ActiveX be
supported under WineLib?

 

I'm just trying to get a sense of what kind of compatibility there will
be for SWF applications since many of them use Win32 functions, COM,
ActiveX, and MSIE.

 

Thanks,

 

--Oren

 


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Since the current consensus is that SWF will be using
WineLib as a base, does that mean that developers don&#8217;t have to =
worry
about their P/Invoke calls to Win32 functions not working on Mono?&nbsp; =
I.e., if my
app calls Shell32 or User32, it&#8217;ll still work since that&#8217;s a =
part
of WineLib.&nbsp; Would that also extend to Shdocvw.dll (a.k.a., =
MSIE&#8217;s COM
interface)?&nbsp; Many programs use IE (via Shdocvw.dll) to display HTML =
and to
provide a WYSIWYG editor. &nbsp;Would calls to it via P/Invoke, COM and =
ActiveX be
supported under WineLib?</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m just trying to get a sense of what kind of
compatibility there will be for SWF applications since many of them use =
Win32
functions, COM, ActiveX, and MSIE&#8230;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>--Oren</span></font></p>

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