[Mono-winforms-list] Windows Forms.

[Reggie Burnett]

Excellent example of why a Wine implementation is needed.  There are
major, obvious holes in the framework that would take considerable work
to plug.  The WINE group has already done this.

Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-winforms-list-admin@lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-winforms-
> list-admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Taylor
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:31 AM
> To: mono-winforms-list@ximian.com
> Subject: Re: [Mono-winforms-list] Windows Forms.
> 
> Simon Ask Ulsnes wrote:
> >
> > I have not yet come across a single Windows Control that needed API
> > functions. If you know any, please let me know...
> 
> I don't know of any way of implementing a caret without resorting to
> something like:
> 
> [DllImport ("user32.dll")]
> public static extern int CreateCaret (IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hbm, int
iWidth,
> int iHeight);
> [DllImport ("user32.dll")]
> public static extern int DestroyCaret ();
> [DllImport ("user32.dll")]
> public static extern int SetCaretPos (int iX, int iY);
> [DllImport ("user32.dll")]
> public static extern int ShowCaret (IntPtr hwnd);
> [DllImport ("user32.dll")]
> public static extern int HideCaret (IntPtr hwnd);
> 
> > Besides, I think that programmers that want to achieve
cross-platform
> > compatibility can cope with the fact that there is no Win32 API on a
> > non-Win32 platform, and find another solution.
> 
> Like not use a caret?  I'm only kidding, but there are some wholes in
the
> framework and the way people work around them at the minute is to do
> something like the above DllImport.
> 
> Should they?  Well, their only options are:
> 
> 1) Do the DllImport.
> 2) Write their own caret functionality (which isn't as straightforward
as
> it
> may appear).
> 3) Wait until caret functionality appears in MS' .NET Framework.
> 
> It's open to debate what they should do, but most what they _do_ do is
use
> a
> DllImport.
> 
>             Geoff
> 
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