[Mono-list] Monobundle Npgsql.dll problems

[Chris Aitken]

> |>>** (/home/chrisa/.mono//mono/lib/mono/1.0/mcs.exe:31483):
> |>
> |>WARNING **:
> |>
> |>>Could not find assembly System.Windows.Forms, references from 
> |>>/home/chrisa/ASPNET/bin/Npgsql.dll (assemblyref_index=5)
> |>
> |>System.Windows.Forms is not currently included in the Mono 
> installer, 
> |>so anything that depends on it will not work. It will be 
> included in 
> |>future versions, based on the managed SWF implementation
> |
> |
> | Thanks Daniel,
> |
> | I have a working mono installation on another PC. Is it possible to
> take the
> | SWF dll (if such a thing exists) to make this app work?
> |
> 
> I think this would be possible if SWF assembly doesn't depend 
> on anything. Just copy the SWF assembly to your machine and 
> add it to gac.
> 
> Npgsql only depends on SWF because of VS.NET Design time 
> support. I will try to tweak Npgsql source to conditionally 
> compile with VS.NET support only when compiled with csc.
> 
> Sorry for this problem.
> 
> If this doesn't work, please let me know. I can try to strip 
> all the SWF code dependency and create an Npgsql.dll which 
> doesn't depend on it.

Well I copied the Npgsql.dll from the working installation (all the dll's
are 2.0 if that means anything). Then I copied SWF, then I had to copy a
load more (System.Design.dll and Accessibility.dll to be exact.). Now it
works fine.

Cheers

Chris


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