Any planned Mono support?

Jordan EarlsJordan Earls
edited 12:29PM in FastReport .NET
Hello, Is there any hope of FastReports ever running on Mono? Really, because it's all managed code, it really is pretty close to running on mono, the problem is just the ADODB reference that is not supported(nor ever probably will be) by Mono.

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  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 12:29PM
    Hello,

    FastReport uses many WinAPI calls (especially in the UI part - FastReport.Bars.dll), so the Mono support is not possible and is not planned.
  • Jordan EarlsJordan Earls
    edited 12:29PM
    AlexTZ wrote: »
    Hello,

    FastReport uses many WinAPI calls (especially in the UI part - FastReport.Bars.dll), so the Mono support is not possible and is not planned.

    Why on the product page does it say "100% managed code" then?
  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 12:29PM
    The website says:
    "FastReport.Net is written in C# and contains only managed code"
    and that's true. There is no unmanaged code parts, just API calls.
  • XaviXavi
    edited January 2010
    I would suggest, as a medium-long term project, to split the FR logical in model, viewer, and designer modules.
    Now it is a monolithic block and hard to isolate the functionality.
    In this way, it would be easier for us to migrate to Mono, at least the model and the web viewer.
  • AlexTZAlexTZ
    edited 12:29PM
    Sorry, we don't intend to make a Mono-compatible version. Many core code still requires WinAPI (for example, RichObject, PDF export).

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