re: improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[Dan Kegel]

Louis wrote:
> Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> script below to get them running..

I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
there's no need to update winetricks?
> Note, the dlls gdiplus and mscoree should be set to native only, not (native, builtin), so override_dll should look tiny bit different then in winetricks.

Ah, good point.
- Dan

improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[James Hawkins]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> Louis wrote:
> > Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> > winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> > .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> > but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> > script below to get them running..
>
> I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
>  soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
>  there's no need to update winetricks?

Just sent in the service patch.  If you're referring to anything else,
I'm not sure what it is.  MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
implemented.

improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 4:16 PM, James Hawkins  wrote:
> MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
>  day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
>  implemented.

OK, I guess I'll roll the kludge into crosstool.

Thanks,
Dan

improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[James Hawkins]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:16 PM, James Hawkins  wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > Louis wrote:
> > > Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> > > winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> > > .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> > > but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> > > script below to get them running..
> >
> > I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
> >  soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
> >  there's no need to update winetricks?
>
> Just sent in the service patch.  If you're referring to anything else,
>  I'm not sure what it is.  MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
>  day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
>  implemented.

For the record, if I were a millionaire, this is what I would work on :)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404523(VS.85).aspx

improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[Michael Stefaniuc]

James Hawkins wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > Louis wrote:
> > > Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> > > winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> > > .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> > > but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> > > script below to get them running..
> >
> > I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
> >  soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
> >  there's no need to update winetricks?
>
> Just sent in the service patch.  If you're referring to anything else,
> I'm not sure what it is.  MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
> day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
> implemented.

Implementing fusion.dll sounds like a GSoC project to me (no clue how
much work that is). At least getting the basic structure in place should
be doable.

bye
    michael

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[Maarten Lankhorst]

Hi,

2008/3/12, Michael Stefaniuc :
> James Hawkins wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > > Louis wrote:
> > > > Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> > > > winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> > > > .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> > > > but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> > > > script below to get them running..
> > >
> > > I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
> > >  soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
> > >  there's no need to update winetricks?
> >
> > Just sent in the service patch.  If you're referring to anything else,
> > I'm not sure what it is.  MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
> > day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
> > implemented.
>
> Implementing fusion.dll sounds like a GSoC project to me (no clue how
>  much work that is). At least getting the basic structure in place should
>  be doable.

It doesn't seem that hard to implementi the fusion dll. The hard part
is that you will probably have to dipe really deep into assemblies for
it if you want to implement it properly. I don't know the specific
code paths taken, but msdn seems to have at least some info on it.

I think that the fusion dll is installed when installing the .net
framework because my windows xp install doesn't have it in system32.
It is in C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework${VERSION}, which means
it's probably installed as part of the .net framework. Calling it from
MSI doesn't seem to be too hard.

Cheers,
Maarten.

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[Michael Stefaniuc]

Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2008/3/12, Michael Stefaniuc :
> > James Hawkins wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > > > I'm kind of hoping James implements the missing bits in msi
> > > >  soon.  James, think that will happen soon enough that
> > > >  there's no need to update winetricks?
> > >
> > > Just sent in the service patch.  If you're referring to anything else,
> > > I'm not sure what it is.  MsiPublishAssemblies won't see the light of
> > > day for a long, long time, because it requires fusion.dll being
> > > implemented.
> >
> > Implementing fusion.dll sounds like a GSoC project to me (no clue how
> >  much work that is). At least getting the basic structure in place should
> >  be doable.
>
> It doesn't seem that hard to implementi the fusion dll. The hard part
> is that you will probably have to dipe really deep into assemblies for
> it if you want to implement it properly. I don't know the specific

Just to remove any confusion: I'm _not_ planning to participate in the
GSoC. My student time are long gone .... Means implementing fusion.dll
is free for everybody.
> code paths taken, but msdn seems to have at least some info on it.
>
> I think that the fusion dll is installed when installing the .net
> framework because my windows xp install doesn't have it in system32.
> It is in C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework${VERSION}, which means
> it's probably installed as part of the .net framework. Calling it from
> MSI doesn't seem to be too hard.

bye
    michael

improve winetricks dotnet 1.1

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> Louis wrote:
> > Hi, i wonder if it would be possible to improve
> > winetricks dotnet 1.1, so that it's actually able to run
> > .net-1.1 applications. Currently it only installs the framework,
> > but due to bugs the apps don't run.   Atm i use pretty worthless
> > script below to get them running..

Louis, your script did

winetricks allfonts
wineprefixcreate  #to register the fonts

which I didn't quite understand.  Why do fonts installed by
perfectly valid corefonts installers from Microsoft need
to be registered?  Do we have a bug somewhere?

I ask because http://winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2008-March/030284.html
mentions that it helped him.  I'm still not quite convinced,
hoping you can enlighten me.
- Dan