I believe Kornél's explanation is correct. I've seen some Windows installers instantiate ManagedInstallerClass using the .NET embedding API and use IManagedInstaller as a COM server to start an install. Wine implements that API based on Mono, and I'm hoping to see ManagedInstallerClass implemented so these installers can start working.
It appears that Mono's COM interop code translates exceptions to HRESULT returns, so Mono currently provides an IManagedInstaller object whose ManagedInsall method just returns E_NOTIMPL. _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list