[cw-discuss] Office automation using mono

[Timothy]

Here's a thought: I wonder if the Python for Windows extensions work for 
office automation under Crossover. It's probably worth a try.

Tim Pearce wrote:
> Thats something I was pondering. I don't know a lot about .net or mono. 
> There seem to be a lot of systems out there now which are a mixture of 
> .net and Windows programs.
>
> Mono allows .net programs to run on nix systems, in the same way that 
> Wine/Crossover allows Windows executables to.
>
> So the question is - If you install Mono and Crossover, will a mixed 
> .net and Windows program run seamlessly ?
>
> If not, are there any plans for the Mono and Wine projects to liaise ?
>
> Tim Pearce
>
> IMO .net is a con job by MS designed to kill off Java by providing a 
> cross platform environment which isn't (in MS speak, cross platform 
> seems to mean across different version of Windows)
>
> Timothy wrote:
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>> Crossover lets me install office, but not dotnet, in my win2000 bottle. 
>> But, I can install Mono for Windows in the bottle. Is office automation 
>> (specifically of Excel) doable using mono? I anticipate I would use the 
>> interop DLL provided by MS and do most of the development on Windows in 
>> Visual Studio, then transfer code and interop DLLs to the Crossover 
>> bottle, recompile and run.
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