[Mono-winforms-list] Re: [Mono-winforms-list] System.Windows.Forms.Win32:WineLoadLibrary throws NullReferenceEx ception for gdi32 (winelib.exe.so IS found)

[Peter Dennis Bartok]

I will get the website updated today. Yeah, you're right, we should have
done that already. I apologize.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kevin Rector" <krector@compco.com>
To: <mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com>
Date: 17 September, 2004 07:44
Subject: RE: [Mono-winforms-list] Re: [Mono-winforms-list]
System.Windows.Forms.Win32:WineLoadLibrary throws NullReferenceEx ception
for gdi32 (winelib.exe.so IS found)


>This is the second question fielded in two days about the old SWF. Perhaps
>the Mono website should be updated with some information about the new
>implementation. Currently the only way to find out about it is to read the
>list archives or ask on the list.
>
>http://www.mono-project.com/contributing/winforms.html
>
>I don't know who's in charge of the web site, but it's clearly outdated.
>
>-Kevin
>
>Martin Tapp wrote:
>> > I've installed wine and everything seems to work fine (notepad and all
>> > work).
>
>Jordi Mas Wrote:
>> System.Windows.Forms in officially an unsupported namespace because it
>> is not complete it.
>>
>> We have abandoned the idea of using Wine to implement SWF and we have
>> stopped any development on that direction. Now, there is an ongoing
>> effort implementing it natively using C# and System.Drawing.
>> Unfortunately, we are working hard on it but is far from been complete
>> it.
>>
>> My advice is not to waste time trying with the old Wine implementation
>> and start playing with the new effort that lives in Managed.Windows.
>> Forms directory.
>
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