[Mono-list] Remoting DataSets

[Helge Lenuweit]

Hi,

I'm interested in mono's interoperating possibilities with the MS 
framework using remoting. Several small examples passing around basic 
types worked fine (Besides, congratulations on the work that has been 
done!). Unfortunately, remoting a Dataset wasn't possible.

I understand that if I intend to use TcpChannel/BinaryFormatter the 
binary representation of the information passed on the wire needs to be 
the same on the Microsoft side and on the mono side. As a consequence, I 
get RemotingExceptions like "Underlying socket was closed" (Windows/NET 
trying to access a Windows/mono Server). My general problem is that even 
when I use mono on both sides (and on one machine),  an exception is 
thrown ("Unknown response message from server") when trying to remote a 
DataSet, while it works with .NET 1.1 on both sides.

Are there any ways to achieve this currently? If not, which types are 
generally "safe" to remote, especially cross-platform?

Thanks for your help,
Helge