Re: [Mono-dev] Compiling on Windows

2013-07-10 Thread Jonathan Chambers
Or maybe we could try long path support on WIndows. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364944(v=vs.85).aspx In the ANSI version of this function, the name is limited to *MAX_PATH* characters. To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters, call the Unicode version of the

Re: [Mono-dev] SqlConnection Encrypt not implemented - prevents SQL Azure connection

2013-07-10 Thread oldprogrammer
Oops, let me fix the link: https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlConnection.cs https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlConnection.cs , lines 819-823 I would certainly be willing to contribute

Re: [Mono-dev] Compiling on Windows

2013-07-10 Thread Greg Najda
It's not a simple matter of prepending \\?\ to every path. What if the path already has \\?\ or one of those other strange Windows prefixes or is a UNC path, which normally begins \\server\share but would have to become \\?\UNC\server\share? You also can't use \\?\ with relative paths. Forward

[Mono-dev] Help required on starting to contribute for mono for a newcomer

2013-07-10 Thread Aravindh Sridharan
Hi All, I have been a .NET developer for the past 3 years and I am in complete love with C#. I was very interested in mono from the beginning but only now got a chance to get started. I have a MBP and I am trying to compile mono in it. But I am not. I am facing lots of difficulties. Googled

Re: [Mono-list] Accessing extension methods via embedded API

2013-07-10 Thread Jonathan Pryor
On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:56 AM, mugginsoft jonat...@mugginsoft.com wrote: I am trying to access a simple extension method in an embedded mono project. Extension methods are C# syntactic sugar to invoke a static method. Extension methods WILL NOT appear as instance methods on the given type, ever,