Deployment Question

[Bob]

Hi,
Background:
I have an app that deals with a widget hung off the comm port.
I am moving the widget handling part into a DLL so that other apps can make
use of it.
At the moment I intend to use Richard Grier's DesktopSerialIO DLL to replace
MSComm32.ocx seeing I won't have a form available to host the OCX.
Now the fun part.
I have been told loosely that the DLL may want to be used on 'other
platforms'.
I know .dotnet targets certain other platforms but have no idea of what they
are.
1) Is there a list of 'compliant platforms' ?
2) Given that at the bottom of this dll are API calls to Kernel32 is the
whole idea doomed anyway?
Thanks
Bob

 

[Jim Underwood]

Is this something that can be done with a web service?

Set the DLL up as a web service and let other applications call out to it
over HTTP or HTTPS?

Then the other platforms could make a call to it and get back whatever
return values there are.

I don't know quite how this would work, but am interested in knowing if it
might be a valid approach.

 

[Guest]

Unless, by other platfroms, they mean CE, you may be stuck with Java as your
only option.

 

[m.posseth]

other platforms ??

you probably mean MONO ,,,, well it is great,,,,

see for more info :
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page



as far as i know means a call to only one unmanaged API mean that you can`t
use your proggy on the mono lib ,,, so i am afraid that with other platforms
is meant Windows platforms
95 , 98 , 98 SE , ME , NT 4 , NT 5 , XP , Server 2003 for instance

Met vriendelijke groeten ,
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[Bob]

Hi,
OK.
Thanks for your replies so far.
I have found out that Linux is the intended platform.
1) Is there a VB.net 2005 CLR for Linux?
2) Assuming I write the serial port business using the new System.IO.Ports
namespace i.e. All managed code, can I expect it to port OK?
Thanks
Bob