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

[s.livingstone@btinternet.com]

Hi Dan - an installer would be a great idea. I hope to clone my current asp=
.net framework which i wrote on Windows 2003 server to Mono in the long ter=
m, but it will only become feasible if installers become available.

RPM's were better than my initial attempts to "make" all of the sources, bu=
t they could certainly be better.

Steven

>  from:    Dan Maltes <dan@astusa.com>
>  date:    Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:45:54
>  to:      s.livingstone@btinternet.com, mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.c=
om
>  subject: RE: [Mono-winforms-list] Re : Win32 API shared libaries - worki=
ng...(kinda)
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> Steven,
> =09How 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
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> -Dan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-winforms-list-admin@lists.ximian.com
> [mailto:mono-winforms-list-admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of
> s.livingstone@btinternet.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:47 AM
> To: mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com
> Subject: [Mono-winforms-list] Re : Win32 API shared libaries -
> working...(kinda)
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> 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.
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> I ran the install mono wine setup from
> http://www.nullenvoid.com/mono/wiki/index.php/MonoWinePackages
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> 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.
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> <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>
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> 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.
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> Now onto "Hello ASP.Net" :)
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> 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!
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> Regards,
> Steven
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