Re: .Net C# and VB Running Natively with Mono for i

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the IT Jungle article, Alex Woodie writes "It’s not a native port, but
it’s better than nothing."

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:52 PM Richard Schoen via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks to the nice work done by the guys who ported the Mono framework to
> IBM i, you can now start using Visual Studio and Visual Studio Community to
> create and compile apps that run natively on IBM i in PASE, Windows, Mac
> and Linux.
>
> Check out this recent article:
> https://www.itjungle.com/2018/10/31/mono-port-to-ibm-i-now-available/
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> You can use your compiled CS and VB objects (EXE/DLL) without change by
> running via the mono command. Supports .Net 2.0 - 4.7.1 and also .Net
> Standard which is what my open source XMLSERVICE data service wrapper is
> written in.
>
> Download and install MonoOni from here:
> https://github.com/MonoOni/binarydist
>
> I have tested my XMLSERVICE wrapper which ran with a sample console app by
> creating and compiling in Visual Studio and simply copying the compiled app
> into the IFS and running. It just worked.
>
> They still don't have all the database stuff working, bit with XMLSERVICE
> you can start building .Net apps and services that serve IBM i data,
> commands, program calls and data queues right now without waiting.
>
> I will also be releasing an open source MONO CL command wrapper soon that
> can call and consume .Net programs using RPG, CL, COBOL or anything that
> can compose and call a CL command.
>
> There are so any things available in .Net for writing utilities that make
> this big news for those of you interested in bringing VB and C# application
> code directly to IBM i.
>
> Enjoy and sent me a note directly if you want early access to the MONO CL
> command wrapper before it gets posted on Github.
>
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