So can this winlib app be made into a winlibapp.so that could be say loaded by a java app or does it actually have to be an executable binary?
Ken. On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 17:55, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote: > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, John Conneely wrote: > > > 1) Port the code to Linux. I eliminated this as a choice because > > we don't have the source code for the DLL. > > 2) Use some kind of RPC mechanism (COBRA, SOAP, etc.) to have the > > DLL running under windows on a server. This would work in principle, > > and apparently it is the preferred solution by the maker of the DLL. > > However, it violates our client's no-Microsoft-code mandate, and our > > customer has rejected this as a solution. > > 3) Write a wrapper to use the DLL running under WINE. This is > > what I am pursuing now. > > Currently, you can not call a native (PE) DLL directly from a Linux (ELF) > app -- you can do that esaily from a Winelib app. So you have two choices: > A) Make your app a Winelib app. If you can do this, you need nothing > more, you can simply use the .DLL as is. This might not be a big > deal, it changes a little the way you link the app, and places some > restrictions on what it can do/link with, but you may be able to > live with it. > B) If you want to keep your app a non-Winelib app, you will have to > go for (2). The advantage is that initially you can test your RPC > solution against real Windows, and when done, simply replace > Windows with Wine. It's an incremental approach that leaves your > choices open in terms of final deployment. The trick here is to > choose the RPC mechanism carefully so you don't use stuff that is > not currently implemented/stable in Wine, otherwise you will not > be able to replace Windows with Wine. > > Of course, all this assumes that the DLL does not make use of unimplemented > functionaliy in Wine. If it does, you will need to put more work into fixing > that. If your current Windows app works under Wine as it stands now, then > you are OK. -- -- Ken Gaul IT Infrastructure Manager T: +44 (0) 1236-628140 F: +44 (0) 1236-628101 M: +44 (0) 7770-573749 W: www.becogent.com E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
