Hi, I've been asked to try and get a .NET 1.1 application working under Mono. It makes quite a few Windows API calls, but also calls several other DLLs using PInvoke. Most of these DLLs can probably be recompiled under Linux, but probably not all.
>From looking around, it seems that it's not possible to call Windows DLLs via PInvoke using Mono, but I wanted to make sure this is the case. Someone mentioned something called "ctypes" as a way of doing this, but this seems to be a Python thing. I'd appreciate input on what my options might be available here, and whether it's worth trying to go further. A few other specific questions - answers or URLs appreciated: - Is there any way at all to get the equivalent of calls into User32.dll? Most of these are in User32.dll. The application is very GUI-intensive. - Is it possible to use Wine to run the DLLs? I've seen references to this idea, but I don't think I've found anything concrete. - If the other DLLs could be recompiled into .so files under Linux, can I use PInvoke without changing anything except ".dll" into ".so", or do parameter names and types need to be changed too? (i.e. would this possibly be a significant porting effort in its own right?) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Porting-application-that-calls-windows-and-other-DLLs-tp21071161p21071161.html Sent from the Mono - WinForms mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-winforms-list maillist - Mono-winforms-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-winforms-list
