[Mono-list] Using Mono to compile for .NET Compact Framework (PocketPC)

[Chris Seaton]

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 11:08, Enzo Michelangeli wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Malte Hildingson" <tds00mahi@tellus.thn.htu.se>
> To: "Enzo Michelangeli" <em@em.no-ip.com>
> Cc: <mono-list@lists.ximian.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:03 PM
> 
> 
> > My guess is that since Mono is not (yet) aware of any compact
> > framework, it compiles methods in classes that are removed in the
> compact
> > release of .NET (it's quite an extensive list) and when you try to run
> > applications compiled with Mono on libraries that are stripped, you run
> > into a missing method sooner or later.
> 
> That was my guess too, so I tried to tell the Mono mcs compiler to point
> to the Compact Framework's libraries. Is there any way of telling the
> compiler "forget about your default framework completely, and use this
> other one instead"?

Don't you want /nostdlib?

> > This could be on reason to why they
> > die. Are there any error messages when they stop?
> 
> No, and that's puzzling too: I would expect the runtime to complain
> bitterly.
> 
> Enzo
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> >
> > /malte
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Enzo Michelangeli wrote:
> >
> > > I'm new to mono and CSharp, although I'm fluent in C and Java. I
> recently
> > > installed the Win32 version of Mono 0.26 on a Win98SE machine, and
> tried
> > > some simple compilations: a simple console "Hello world" program and a
> > > couple of notepads, namely:
> > >
> > > http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/1/NotePadAM.asp
> > > http://www.hewener.net/projekte.htm#sdenotepad
> > >
> > > All appear to work (despite the fact that the docs say that Win2K or
> XP
> > > are required for lack of sufficient Unicode support in '98): the three
> > > binaries run as expected on Win98.
> > >
> > > HOWEVER, only one of the three (namely, the "Hello world" console
> > > application) runs correctly on my PocketPC PDA (running Windows Mobile
> > > 2003): the two GUI apps die without any warning, despite the fact that
> at
> > > least the second one was coded explicitely for PocketPC.
> > >
> > > I also tried, during compilation, to reference assemblies belonging to
> the
> > > "Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP1", with command lines such
> as:
> > >
> > > mcs -L "C:\Program Files\Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 1.0
> > > SP1\netcf.core.ppc3.ARM.cab" -L "C:\Program Files\Microsoft .NET
> Compact
> > > Framework 1.0 SP1\netcf.all.wce4.ARMV4.cab" -r system -r
> system.drawing -r
> > > system.windows.forms -o notepad.exe  notepad.cs
> > >
> > > However, I didn't notice any improvement.
> > >
> > > Any idea?
> > >
> > > TIA --
> > >
> > > Enzo
> > >
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