[Mono-winforms-list] Error starting an Application

[Jackson Harper]

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 00:10 -0600, Jeffrey Haynes wrote:
> OK Thanks.
> 
> I have retrieved the winforms source and built it. But how do I install it? Can 
> I build an rpm or some othe kind of install package?
> I apologize if this is a FAQ... I did't see an answer on the web site.

Hey Jeff, how did you build?  I assume you are using make?  If you are
using make you can just 'make install' to install the built sources.

Jackson


> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Peter Dennis Bartok wrote:
> > Jeffrey,
> > 
> > For Winforms you should use svn head. It's still under heavy development and 
> > I actually fixed this particular crash a few days ago. (I didn't run into it 
> > with XJS, so I don't know if XJS runs or what is even is, but you should get 
> > further with MWF from svn head)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >  Peter
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Jeffrey Haynes" <Jeffrey.Haynes at Sun.COM>
> > To: <mono-winforms-list at lists.ximian.com>
> > Date: 16 March, 2006 20:46
> > Subject: [Mono-winforms-list] Error starting an Application
> > 
> > 
> >> I am attempting to run XJS Journal System in Fedora Core 4
> >> (2.6.15-1.1833_FC4) with latest mono:
> >> $ rpm -qa | grep mono
> >> mono-core-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-basic-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-locale-extras-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mod_mono-1.1.13-0.fedora4.novell
> >> mono-jscript-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-data-oracle-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-web-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-devel-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-data-sybase-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-data-sqlite-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> monodevelop-0.9-2.novell
> >> mono-winforms-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-data-firebird-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-nunit-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-tools-1.1.11-0.novell
> >> mono-extras-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-data-postgresql-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> monodoc-core-1.1.13-0.novell
> >> mono-data-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >> mono-complete-1.1.13.4-0.novell
> >>
> >>
> >> I must not have something installed correctly because I always get the
> >> following error when I try to start XJS-Desktop:
> >> $ mono XJS-Desktop.exe
> >> Mono System.Windows.Forms Assembly [Revision: 54007; built: 2005/12/6
> >> 14:35:24]
> >> Keyboard: United States keyboard layout (phantom key version)
> >> Gtk colorscheme read
> >>
> >> Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not
> >> set to an instance of an object
> >> in <0x00129> System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11:SetZOrder (IntPtr handle,
> >> IntPtr after_handle, Boolean top, Boolean bottom)
> >> in <0x00022> System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI:SetZOrder (IntPtr handle,
> >> IntPtr AfterhWnd, Boolean Top, Boolean Bottom)
> >> in <0x00113> System.Windows.Forms.Control:SendToBack ()
> >> in (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check)
> >> System.Windows.Forms.Control:SendToBack ()
> >> in <0x00031> Xjs.Core.Forms.FormSplash:SetExtra (SplashDetails newExtra)
> >> in (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check)
> >> Xjs.Core.Forms.FormSplash:SetExtra (Xjs.Core.Forms.SplashDetails)
> >> in <0x00084> Xjs.Core.Static:LoadPlugins (System.IO.DirectoryInfo
> >> PluginLocation)
> >> in <0x00290> XjsDesktop.StartXjs:Main (System.String[] args)
> >>
> >>
> >> Any hints?
> >>
> >> Seems to be something missing, but I don't know what.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any feedback.
> >>
> >> Jeff Haynes
> >>
> >>
> > 
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