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

[Enzo Michelangeli]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A Rafael D Teixeira" <rafaelteixeirabr@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:27 PM


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> I think mcs won't know how to extract assemblies from cabinet files, are
> you sure csc is able to do that?

No, I just guessed, based on what Java does with ZIP and JAR files :-)

> Whatsoever, extract the assemblies (.dll files) from the cabinet files,
> to a temporary directory and reference them individually, and donīt
> forget /nostdlib to avoid collisions.

Alas, the files in the cabinets have mangled 8.3 names (such as
"Micros~2.021"). Probably the CAB is prepared by the CAB Wizard
(http://tinyurl.com/mmdk) and intended for installation in a WinCE
environment, and Microsoft knows how to extract the references from the
files in it (but I'm not aware of where - or whether - that is
documented).

Enzo