[Mono-list] SWF Programming Question

Miguel de Icaza miguel@ximian.com
20 Sep 2002 12:06:56 -0400


Hello,

> Since the current consensus is that SWF will be using WineLib as a
> base, does that mean that developers donĒt have to worry about their
> P/Invoke calls to Win32 functions not working on Mono?  I.e., if my
> app calls Shell32 or User32, itĒll still work since thatĒs a part of
> WineLib.  Would that also extend to Shdocvw.dll (a.k.a., MSIEĒs 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 would keep assuming that PInvoke is not a good idea, and wont be
available.

Miguel