On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 16:54 +0000, Robik, Scott wrote: > If I understand your response correctly, in order to access COM > calculators that I currently have, I would also need to be running the > COM runtime on the UNIX host.
Maybe. See below. > If this is true then it sound like my only option would be to port the > calculators to UNIX. I was looking to use MONO as a cross platform > bridge to allow me to get to these COM servers without having to port > them to UNIX. Are there any vendors providing COM on UNIX that your > aware of? If you need a COM Runtime for Unix, Software AG provides one: http://www1.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/entirex/downloads/download_exxdcom.asp However, Mono doesn't provide *any* COM integration, on Windows or Unix, so this wouldn't allow you to use Mono. There is an alternate approach, though: Leave your COM code on Windows, and write a .NET front-end which uses .NET COM Interop to use your COM objects. The front-end could be an XML Web Service or a System.Runtime.Remoting server, both of which Mono can communicate with. Thus you'd have: Mono/Linux --> [Network] --> .NET Web Service --> COM Component This is likely the easiest approach, though its performance won't be spectacular. - Jon > Regards, > Scott L. Robik > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Dasque [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:41 AM > To: Robik, Scott > Subject: Re: Support for .NET/COM interoperability > > > No we do not. There is no reliable COM implementation on UNIX to > interface with. > > Erik > > On Dec 13, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Robik, Scott wrote: > > > To whom it may concern, > > > > I'm mostly interested in building large scale server side numerical > > applications. We have a very extensive set of calculators for valuing > > financial securities and computing various risk scenarios that are all > > written using COM. I'm very interested in using these on LINUX. Does > > Mono support the System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace? > > > > > > > > Scott L. Robik > > > > Securities IT > > > > > > Credit Suisse First Boston > > One Madison Avenue > > New York, NY. 10010 > > > > ( (212) 538-0165 > > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <image.tiff> > > > > ======================================================================= > > ======= > > This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you > > received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this > > message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or > > privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent > > through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not > > binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission > > is not guaranteed to be secure. > > > > ======================================================================= > > ======= > > > > <CSFB a1.gif> > > ============================================================================== > This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received > this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was > misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB > retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. > Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they > are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. > ============================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
