[Mono-list] Why ByteFx needs Windows.Forms

George Birbilis George Birbilis" <birbilis@kagi.com
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:04:57 +0200


haven't read much on what ByteFX is, but couldn't it be split into more 
assemblies with the designers in a separate one?
I suppose if source is available one can try doing it themselves then 
contribute back the info on how to split it

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>I do not like the ideal of the driver requiring SWF either.  However, 
>ByteFX.Data uses S.W.F. for design-time support in Visual Studio.net such 
>as screating data sets based on some wizards...  I'm not sure all you can 
>do with this design-time support because I never use it.
>
> Barbara Plank wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>while installing byteFx I noticed (in several versions) that it
>>needs two packages:
>>
>>mono(System.Design)
>>mono(System.Windows.Forms)
>>
>>Can anybody perhaps tell me WHY? I am wondering... and I don't have fully
>>understood why those packages..