[Mono-list] replacement for mscoree.dll

[Jeroen Frijters]

On XP mscoree gets loaded the same way as on previous OSses, it's just that
the loader jump directly to the "entry point" in mscoree instead of the
entry point in the exe. I don't know how the XP loader recognizes managed
executables.

Regards,
Jeroen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com 
> [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com] On Behalf Of Jason Whittington
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 22:39
> To: 'mono-list'
> Subject: RE: [Mono-list] replacement for mscoree.dll
> 
> 
> 
> > BTW, the DotGNU people are also looking into adding mscoree.dll
> support,
> > so
> > it might be helpful to cooperate with them on this.
> 
> Have you tested this on Windows XP?  In XP and future versions of
> Windows that runtime stub isn't executed [as I understand it] - rather
> the OS recognizes that you're trying to run a managed EXE.  The result
> would be that your version of MSCOREE.DLL might not get called the way
> you think.  
> 
> Second, Why not build an extensible mscoree that is driven by 
> some kind
> of XML file? Then it would be easy to redirect based on all kinds of
> criteria like assemblyname, etc.  This would actually rock - 
> I could set
> up an entry and say that when I run foo.exe I want to run it under
> mono/clix/whatever.  
> 
> Something along these lines:
> 
> <runtimes>
>    <ExecutionEngine name="mono" path="c:\usr\bin\mono" 
>                     cmdline="-a -b -c %assembly% />
> 
>    <ExecutionEngine name="rotor" path="c:\sscli\clix.exe" 
>                     cmdline="-debug %assembly% />
> 
> </runtimes>
> 
> <redirects>
> <assemblyIdentity   name="foo"  publicKeyToken="c0cfbdd12338f4a4"   
>                     version=1.0.0.0" culture=neutral"/>
>    <runtime name="mono" />
> 
> <assemblyIdentity   name="bar"  publicKeyToken="c0cfbdd12338f4a4"   
>                     version=1.0.0.0" culture=neutral"/>
>    <runtime name="rotor"/>
> </redirects>
> 
> I don't see any reason it couldn't work cross platform.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
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