[Mono-winforms-list] System.Windows.Forms Status Update

[Everaldo Canuto]

Hi Peter,

Two days ago I have tested this new implementation of
SWF, I created a simple form with none controls,
compilation as sucefully but a execution of my test
program generates a error. Today is possible to
compile a simple test program?

I have large interest on help development of this new
implementation of SWF. How do I contributing?
Implementing controls or creating test programs?

Please send tasks that I can help.

Thanks
Everaldo Canuto
everaldo_canuto@yahoo.com.br



 --- Peter Dennis Bartok <peter@novonyx.com> escreveu:

> [This is a resend - I apologize if you're getting it
> twice]
> 
> Hi All!
> 
> As some of you may know, we've had a SWF hack-a-thon
> in Provo last month. I
> figured I'd give everyone a quick update about the
> current state of things.
> 
> For those who might have missed Miguel's message two
> months ago here a quick
> intro: After having various problems with the
> approach of using Wine, like
> threading support, installation issues,
> debuggability, interop with
> System.Drawing, etc. we decided to start over and
> develop SWF from scratch
> (again). Except that this time everything is fully
> implemented in managed
> code. All controls are natively written in C#, using
> only System.Drawing and
> a small 'driver' that provides the interface to the
> underlying Windowing
> system.
> 
> At this point, we have the following controls fully
> implemented in managed
> code:
> - Label / LinkLabel
> - Statusbar
> - Toolbar
> - Scrollbar (Horizontal/Vertical)
> - Trackbar
> - Button
> - RadioButton
> - CheckBox
> - Picturebox (even supports animated pictures)
> - ProgressBar
> 
> These controls should all be fully usable and
> provide/implement all methods
> and properties documented by Microsoft for
> System.Windows.Forms.
> 
> Currently, the following controls being worked on:
> - Edit
> - Menu
> - Groupbox
> - Tooltip
> - TabControl
> 
> Additionally, the Form and Control class are still a
> work in progress, not
> yet complete. Control is tied very much into the
> underlying driver
> architecture. Currently we have a driver for Win32,
> and a driver for X11.
> The X11 driver has only been used/tested on Linux,
> due to lack of time and
> resources we haven't done anything on Solaris or Mac
> yet, maybe someone who
> reads this will feel compelled to volunteer :-)
> 
> Some of the bigger issues we were facing with Wine,
> like multithreading, are
> already solved in the new implementation. The
> developers.exe sample app that
> shows off multithreading, timers and various
> controls already works nicely
> with the new code.
> 
> We've had volunteers, asking which areas need work,
> so here a list of
> controls and classes/components that need tender
> loving care:
> - ListControl
>    ComboBox
>    ListBox
>      CheckedListBox
> - MonthCalendar
> - Splitter
> - TreeView
> - DomainUpDown
> - NumericUpDown
> - DateTimePicker
> - Common Dialogs (probably only doable once all
> controls are done, unless
> someone implements them on top of Microsoft's Win32
> SWF)
> - PrintPreviewControl
> 
> - Macintosh driver
> - 64bit testing and/or support for Solaris
> - Testing and support for other platforms
> 
> The list is probably incomplete, and some things are
> very large tasks, like
> the ListControl, which consist of several classes
> that can probably be
> implemented somewhat independently of each other.
> 
> Also, if you would like to contribute but are unsure
> whether you have the
> time or experience to contribute a whole control, we
> also need test
> applications. Simple ones that just test every
> aspect of a single control as
> well as more complex apps that have a purpose like a
> calculator. Anything
> that helps sniff out bugs in the code or shows
> people how to use SWF for
> their own needs is needed and welcome. And of
> course, we also still need
> lots of documentation.
> 
> The current implementation can be found in
> mcs/class/Managed.Windows.Forms,
> and the core developers usually hang around
> #mono-winforms on gimpnet.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Peter
> 
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