[Mono-winforms-list] Re : Win32 API shared libaries - working...(kinda)

[Dan Maltes]

Steven,
	How I miss setup.exe too!  I just don't know if RPM is robust
enough an install tool.  There needs to be a free tool just as dyanmic
as most of setup program tools for windows.  What a time saver this
could be.  Hmm, sounds like a job for C# and the mono framework... =20

-Dan

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working...(kinda)


Well, after almost giving up, i decided to push on one last time and try
to get things working. I managed to get the winform version working
*eventually* with a LOT of fiddling (how i miss setup.exe !!). So much
so that i will have to try to re-trace exactly what i did.

I ran the install mono wine setup from
http://www.nullenvoid.com/mono/wiki/index.php/MonoWinePackages

I found that it was looking for the hidden .wine directory in my home
directory, but it wasn't installed there - it was in some other folder
(etc i think). I copied that entire directory to my home dir and ran the
app and it seems to work. The results of my first hello world winform
are shown below.

<blurb>
So, yes, i'm glad i got this working, but not having used Unix sincein
the early 90's and now trying Linux after working on Windows ever since,
i see a lot of work to be done before this is prime time. I feel lucky
that i actually got the right combination to get it working, but it is
far simpler on Windows. RPM's are a step in the right direction, but
installing packages for different flavours and versions of the OS from a
number of sites on the web with a hash of other dependencies really is a
pain. This isn't having a go at any OS or platform or anything, just an
opinion having spent the last while trying to get this stuff running!
</blurb>

I am going to try to fire up a "install guide" from people who know
zilch about Unix/Linux, but want to test their C# apps on Mono. Will
post a link if i get it done anytime soon.

Now onto "Hello ASP.Net" :)

Output
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
# mono helloform.exe
=EF=BB=BFMonoWin32: Initializing WineLib
Could not stat /nt (No such file or directory), ignoring drive E:
Warning: could not find wine config [Drive x] entry for current working
directory /mnt/hgfs/Main/csharp; starting in windows directory.
Warning: Language 'en_US' was not found, retrying without country
name...
Warning: Language 'en' was not recognized, defaulting to English
Building font metrics. This may take some time...
Font metrics: 0.0% done
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like
'-daewoo-gothic-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-160-ksc5601.1987-0'
are not working correctly now.
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like
'-daewoo-mincho-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-160-ksc5601.1987-0'
are not working correctly now.
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like
'-daewoo-mincho-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-240-ksc5601.1987-0'
are not working correctly now.
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-fangsong
ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0' are not working
correctly now.
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-song
ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0' are not working
correctly now.
fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-song
ti-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-240-gb2312.1980-0' are not working
correctly now.
Font metrics: 0.4% done
Font metrics: 0.8% done
Font metrics: 1.2% done
Font metrics: 1.6% done
Font metrics: 2.0% done
... bunch of font stuff
Font metrics: 100.0% done
err:menu:MENU_GetSysMenu failed to load system menu!


Regards,
Steven
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