[cw-discuss] Office automation using mono

[Timothy]

Sadly, although the ActiveState version of Python installs and runs in 
my win2000 bottle, it appears makepy.py does not run successfully. Thus, 
it does not seem likely that the Python Windows Extensions (wincom32) 
will work, either.

Timothy wrote:
> 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:
>>   
>>     
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>