[Mono-list] RE: Support for .NET/COM interoperability

[Erik Dasque]

On Jan 4, 2005, at 7:16 AM, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
>
>
> There is an alternate approach, though: Leave your COM code on Windows,
> and write a .NET front-end which uses .NET COM Interop to use your COM
> objects.  The front-end could be an XML Web Service or a
> System.Runtime.Remoting server, both of which Mono can communicate 
> with.
>
> Thus you'd have:
>
> 	Mono/Linux --> [Network] --> .NET Web Service --> COM Component
>
> This is likely the easiest approach, though its performance won't be
> spectacular.
>
>  - Jon
>
Yes, I think that's the best option though you might want to use 
remoting instead of WS in that case.

Erik